| NOUN | event | deviation, divergence, departure, difference | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm |
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| cognition | deviation | the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function | |
| attribute | deviation | the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances | |
| act | deviation, deviance | deviate behavior | |
| act | deviation, diversion, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern / concern / concern) |
| Sounds | diy.viyey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. | |
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| Example | "the deviation from the mean" | |
| Synonyms | divergence, departure, difference | |
| Narrower | discrepancy, variance, variant | An event that departs from expectations |
| driftage | The deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting / drifting | |
| inflection, flection, flexion | deviation from a straight or normal course | |
| Broader | variation, fluctuation | An instance of change |
| Spanish | desviación, diferencia, divergencia, partida | |
| Catalan | desviació, diferència, divergència | |
| Verbs | deviate | be at variance with |
| Meaning | The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function. | |
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| Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
| Narrower | mean deviation, mean deviation from the mean | The arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution |
| outlier | An extreme / extreme deviation from the mean | |
| Broader | statistic | A datum that can be represented numerically |
| Spanish | desviación | |
| Catalan | desviació | |
| Verbs | deviate | be at variance with |
| Meaning | The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances. | |
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| Broader | erroneousness, error | inadvertent incorrectness |
| Spanish | desviación | |
| Catalan | desviació | |
| Verbs | deviate | be at variance with |
| Meaning | deviate behavior. | |
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| Synonym | deviance | |
| Broader | abnormality, irregularity | behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom / custom or morality |
| Spanish | desviación | |
| Catalan | desviació | |
| Verbs | deviate | be at variance with |
| Meaning | A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern / concern / concern). | |
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| Synonyms | diversion, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation | |
| Narrower | red herring | Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue |
| Broader | turn, turning | The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course |
| Spanish | desviación, desvío, digresión | |
| Catalan | desviació, desviament, digressió | |
| Verbs | deviate | turn aside |
| deviate | cause to turn away from a previous or expected course | |
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