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DEVIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Example:
a deflection from his goal
Synonyms:
deflection; deflexion; deviation; digression; divagation; diversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deviation" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deviation"):
red herring (any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue)
Derivation:
deviate (turn aside; turn away from)
deviate (cause to turn away from a previous or expected course)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deviate behavior
Synonyms:
deviance; deviation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("deviation" is a kind of...):
abnormality; irregularity (behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality)
Derivation:
deviate (be at variance with; be out of line with)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deviation" is a kind of...):
erroneousness; error (inadvertent incorrectness)
Derivation:
deviate (be at variance with; be out of line with)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("deviation" is a kind of...):
statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)
Domain category:
statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deviation"):
outlier (an extreme deviation from the mean)
mean deviation; mean deviation from the mean (the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution)
Derivation:
deviate (be at variance with; be out of line with)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A variation that deviates from the standard or norm
Example:
the deviation from the mean
Synonyms:
departure; deviation; difference; divergence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deviation" is a kind of...):
fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deviation"):
discrepancy; variance; variant (an event that departs from expectations)
driftage (the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting)
flection; flexion; inflection (deviation from a straight or normal course)
Derivation:
deviate (be at variance with; be out of line with)
Context examples:
Deviations from the normal process; e.g. delayed, difficult, profuse, scanty, unusual bleeding, etc.
(Irregular Menstruation, NCI Thesaurus)
Vertical strabismus in which there is permanent upward deviation of the visual axis of one eye.
(Hypertropia, NCI Thesaurus)
Deviation from this ratio indicates that some force is acting on the population (e.g., selection, mutation, migration, genetic drift, non-random mating).
(Hardy-Weinberg Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)
Any deviation from the normal structure or function of the eye that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs.
(Eye Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A muscle originating at the lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus and inserted at the back base of the second metacarpal bone that controls the radial extension and deviation of the wrist.
(Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus, NCI Thesaurus)
Any deviation from the normal structure or function of the ear or labyrinth that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs.
(Ear and Labyrinth Disorder Class, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with any deviation from device document specification relating to the irregular rate at which the device stops.
(Medical Device Stops Intermittently, Food and Drug Administration)
The ratio of standard deviation to mean, expressed as a percentage or fraction.
(Coefficient of Variance, NCI Thesaurus)
A condition in which there is a deviation from or interruption of the normal coagulation properties of the blood.
(Coagulation Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
The date and time span specifying when the protocol deviation began and ended.
(Performed Protocol Deviation Date Range, NCI Thesaurus)
