deviation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deviation/diːviˈeɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the action of deviating.
- 2 Statistics the amount by which a single measurement differs from a fixed value such as the mean.
- 3 the deflection of a compass needle caused by a local magnetic field, especially on a ship or aircraft.
– derivatives
deviational adjective,
deviationism noun,
deviationist noun.
deviational adjective,
deviationism noun,
deviationist noun.
'deviation' also found in these Oxford entries:
aberration
- astigmatism
- blip
- declination
- departure
- drift
- enormity
- excursion
- law of averages
- lean
- one-tailed
- pentaprism
- probit
- sheer
- sigma
- squarely
- squint
- standard deviation
- steady
- strict
- swing
- turn
- undeviating
- variance
