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standard deviation

Statistics a measure of variability equal to the square root of the arithmetic average of the squares of the deviations from the mean in a frequency distribution

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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