deviation
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌdiːviˈeɪʃən/
- The teacher explained that any deviation from the established rules would lead to disciplinary action.
- standard deviation
- slight deviation
- percentage deviation
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Watch on YouTubeThat is the definition of stress, a deviation from homeostasis.
- That is the definition of stress, a deviation from homeostasis.
- So this is a real deviation from kind of what people expected.
- That's a lie because it it was a deviation from baseline.
- So awkward moments are just deviations from relatively minor social expectations.
- And it marks deviations with shame and guilt and anxiety, regret.
- We knew that there can't be any large deviations because otherwise the orbits of planets would be weird.
- And so these are really like spiritual forces or spiritual powers that we again have lost relationship with through our deviation in our sins.
- So what you what, what you how you deviate from those set those expectations are is experienced as a deviation.
- And so we did try deviations and always learnt the lesson.
- So because the nucleus has a finite size, there's a very very slight deviation away from this.
Examples
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Ebbie assured me that the deviation was too slight to have any immediate impact.
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It says that this situation between the two of you is a serious deviation from the plan.
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Sometimes, if not always, it's a massive deviation from where we started.
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So this is a real deviation from kind of what people expected.
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And this is a deviation from that average.
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In any military exercise, you have to expect a certain measure of deviation.
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But the sort of tolerance for deviation is relatively low.
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But it's a deviation from what's expected.
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Any deviation from the invasion plan will result in disciplinary review.
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The authors observed numerous quality issues based on deviation from established in-house cataloging standards.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
A way of showing how much two or more things are not the same
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3.0
A change in amount or condition from what is normal
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3.7
A change from what is usual, often in style
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5.5
A difference from what is usual or expected
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5.2
A change that moves attention or action away from the main plan
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7.1
A difference from a standard or expected result
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7.0
A short break from the main subject when talking or writing
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6.0
How much an object bends or moves away from a straight line
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7.9
Behavior that most people in a group do not accept
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9.9
A state of being very different from what is normal
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9.9
A short move away from the main topic in speech or writing
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9.0
Not following usual rules or accepted practices
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.7
A number that shows how much values in a set vary from the average
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6.0
A number that shows how far numbers usually are from the middle value
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7.2
A measure of how far a data value is from the average or middle value
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9.5
A measure of how far actual values usually are from predicted values
- Specialized
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8.1
The average distance of each number from the group's average
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6.8
A number that shows how spread out values in a sample are
- Specialized
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8.1
Half the distance between the top and bottom values of the middle half of a set of numbers
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A number that shows the typical distance of numbers in a set from their middle value
How Different
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Etymology
Deviation comes from the Latin parts de- 'away' and via 'way'. So a deviation is when something moves 'away from the usual way' or from a rule, which is why we use it for a difference from what is expected.