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deviation Definition

de·viation (dē′vē ā′s̸hən)

noun

the act or an instance of deviating; specif.,

  1. sharp divergence from normal behavior
  2. divergence from the official ideology or policies of a political party, esp. a Communist party
  3. the deflection of a magnetic compass needle due to magnetic influences; specif., on a ship, such deflection caused by the ship's own magnetic properties
  4. Statistics the amount by which a number differs from an average or other comparable value

Etymology: ME deviacion < LL deviatio

deviation Synonyms

deviation

n.

departure, divergence, aberration; see difference 1, 2, perversion 2, variation.

deviation Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • norm: What clinicians are looking for, is an altered pattern of results, not a single deviation from the norm.
  • normality: However, and as illustrated below, the plot of the residuals clearly show a strong deviation from normality.
  • symmetry: Under separability of the public goods the deviation from symmetry is at most rank two.
  • benchmark: It follows that maintaining stability in the Protestant isolation index would lead to a changed deviation from this benchmark.

Converse of object

  • dissociate: Anterior transposition of the inferior oblique muscle for dissociated vertical deviation.
  • calculate: The simplest approach to this is to calculate the standard deviation.
  • detect: It can detect deviations of as little as 1mm 2.
  • square: It turns out that the mean is the value which minimizes the sum of squared deviations.

Adjective modifier

  • standard: Thus standard deviations could not be provided for the results for each sample.
  • slight: A slight deviation from the original plans, I am sure.
  • angular: With his binoculars, he measures an angular deviation of 62 mile from the church to the target.
  • allowable: It might also contain a graph showing allowable deviations at high and low frequencies, similar to the gray lines in the graph above.
  • median: Reproducibility was defined as the median deviation across the seven maps divided by the median T 1 value in the region of interest.
  • lateral: It shows both a profile view of the bore and a bird's-eye view of the lateral deviation.

Modifies a noun

  • spottings: Deviation spottings are measured to the nearest 5 mils for area fires and 1 mil for precision fires.
  • correction: A deviation correction less than 30 meters is a minor deviation correction.

Noun used with modifier

  • reproducibility: Reproducibility standard deviation, ( S R ): The standard deviation of test results obtained under reproducibility conditions.
  • repeatability: The repeatability standard deviation is smaller at lower chloride levels.
  • Borehole: MDL has designed the cabled Boretrak® borehole deviation system as a means of auditing the results of drilling activity, quickly and accurately.
  • compass: None of the compass deviation events reported here were the result of these well known phenomena.