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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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