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Meanings of deviation in English

Portuguese
digressão
Catalan
desviament
Spanish
desviación

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

digressão
Portuguese
diferença
Catalan
divergència
Spanish
desviación

A variation that deviates from the standard or norm.

diferença
Portuguese
sociologia do desvio
Catalan
desviació
Spanish
desviación

Deviate behavior.

sociologia do desvio
Portuguese
desvio
Spanish
desviación
Catalan
desviació

Measure of difference between the observed value of a variable and some other value, often that variable's mean.

Related terms
desvio
Usage of deviation in English
1
Even the slightest deviation in position would result in a missed message.
Earth Unaware
2
There are a large number of repeats without significant deviation in content.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
3
The uncertainty then can be the average deviation for the standard result.
Wired
4
In that sense we could not allow any deviation from legal practices.
Reuters
5
There is one material deviation from the semi-final of 12 months ago.
The Irish Times
6
The large standard deviation of wind and solar power illustrates the volatility.
Reuters
7
Nor is it the immoral nature of the deviation from the normal.
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
8
A deviation from truth is, in general, the foundation of all misery.
Venetia
9
And measuring originality by deviation from the mass breeds eccentricity in them.
Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
10
The Hurons call him Areskoui; the Iroquois, by a slight deviation, Agreskoui.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1
11
The session-specific average deviation was then calculated across all of the children.
Pubmed
12
Yet it is the slightest deviation from honesty that makes the first.
How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success
13
I will use the standard deviation as error bars in my plots.
Wired
14
I could see no reason for this deviation from the direct route.
The Great Book of Amber
15
The zero deviation must then be determined and applied to the product.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
16
All but two loci showed a significant deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg principle.
Pubmed
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Translations for deviation
Deviation through the time
Deviation across language varieties
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United Kingdom
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