Deviation
[diːvɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or ['divɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) deviate behavior.
(noun.) the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances.
(noun.) the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function.
(noun.) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; 'the deviation from the mean'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
(n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
(n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Editor: Sweeney
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Divergence, departure, depression, divarication, turning, aberration.[2]. Difference, variation, variance, change, alteration.[3]. Error, offence, iniquity, sin.
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Examples
- The bending or deviation of light in its passage from one substance to another is called refraction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The mode now generally employed to correct deviation is by introducing on board ship masses of iron and magnets to neutralize the action of the ship’s magnetism so far as possible. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Do not blame him, however, for departing from his character, where the deviation is necessary. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- What do We Mean by Deviation of the Compass? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Accurate measurements show that these ornaments were not handwork, for there is not the slightest deviation in dimensions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And measuring originality by deviation from the mass breeds eccentricity in them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The deviation or displacement caused by glass as thin as window panes is too slight to be noticed, and we are not conscious that objects are out of position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We could dispatch messengers to Adrian, to inform him of our deviation from the original plan. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- By a monstrosity I presume is meant some considerable deviation of structure, generally injurious, or not useful to the species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In iron ships the amount of deviation depends upon the direction, with regard to the magnetic meridian, in which the ship lay when being built. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When people speak of deviation of the compass they mean the difference of a ship’s compass from the magnetic meridian, caused by the near presence of iron. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her own children drew her into no deviation from the even tenor of her stoic calm. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- By law, the deviation from the standard weight, in delivering to him, must not exceed three pennyweights in one thousand double eagles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If strange and rare deviations of structure are truly inherited, less strange and commoner deviations may be freely admitted to be inheritable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- On the contrary, it tends to suppress them, just because they are deviations from what is current. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The symbols are thus made by deviations from the straight line, of different lengths and of varied combinations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Differences of temperature and density of the parts of the original mass account for the eccentricity of orbits, and deviations fro m the plane of the equator. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The staircase was as wooden and solid as need be, and Affery went straight down it without any of those deviations peculiar to dreams. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The teachers' business is to hold the pupils up to these requirements and to punish the inevitable deviations which occur. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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