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How to pronounce deviation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms departure, difference, divergence
Type of variation, fluctuation
Has types flection, flexion, driftage, inflection, discrepancy, variance, variant
Derivation deviate


the deviation from the mean.
Type Words
Synonyms deviance
Type of abnormality, irregularity
Derivation deviate
Type Words
Synonyms deflection, deflexion, digression, divagation, diversion
Type of turn, turning
Has types red herring
Derivation deviate
Type Words
Type of statistic
Has types mean deviation, mean deviation from the mean, outlier
Derivation deviate
Type Words
Type of error, erroneousness
Derivation deviate

Examples of deviation

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This film's one deviation from feel-good feminism is that a man lights the fire.
From the stltoday.com
That only comes through continuity and a system from which there's no deviation.
From the freep.com
Technical approval role in deviation waiver request process across product line.
From the jobview.monster.com
A flatter curve means a bigger standard deviation and a wider spread of results.
From the economist.com
Plus cricketers have to deal with deviation off the pitch as well as in the air.
From the economist.com
Note the deviation from circular in the Moon's lower edge, caused by refraction.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They were prepared regardless so the deviation has no impact on overall strategy.
From the guardian.co.uk
Any deviation from the rules means you won't get the credit you're counting on.
From the usatoday.com
The software then asks you how much risk, or standard deviation, you can stomach.
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More examples
  • A variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
  • The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
  • The error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
  • Deviate behavior
  • Diversion: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
  • (deviate) turn aside; turn away from
  • Deviation is an album by Jayne County, which was recorded at Abraham Moss Studio (The Cutting Rooms) in Manchester, England in the winter of 1994.
  • The doctrine of deviation, as it pertains to legal contracts, is a departure from a planned contractual course or design. When a plan has been adopted for a building, and in the progress of the work a change is made from the original plan, the change is called a deviation. ...
  • Deviation is the title of a 2006 short film that was the first short film in the machinima genre to be premiered in competition at a major film festival, the Tribeca Film Festival Chien, I (2007) Deviation / Red vs. ...