By averaging the squared difference between each value and the mean and finding the square root of the result, we can find the standard deviation.
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Deviation
//ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "deviation" (348 found)
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Closest matches (70)
diversionaberranceaberrancyaberrationabnormalityabnormityabout faceabout-faceaccommodationadaptationadjustmentallowancealterationambagesameliorationamorphismanamorphismanamorphosisanomalismanomalousness
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anomalyapostasyapproximationasymmetrybendbettermentbiasblunderbreachbreakbucklebypassbypathbywaycapriciousnesscentrifugencechangechange of heartchangeabilitychangeablenesschoppinesscirclingcircuitcircuitioncircuitousnesscircuitrycircularitycirculationcircumambiencecircumambiencycircumambulationcircumbendibuscircumflexioncircumlocutioncircummigrationcircumnavigationconceitconstructive changecontinuitycontortioncontrarietycontrastconversioncornercrackpotismcrankcrankinesscrankismcrookcrookedness
Strong matches (104)
crosswisenesscrotchetcrotchetinesscurvedapplenessdecentralizationdeclinationdefectiondeflectiondeflexuredegenerationdegenerative changedeparturedeploymentderangementdeteriorationdetorsiondetourdeviancedeviancy
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deviousnessdiagonalitydifferencedifferentiationdifferentnessdigressiondisaccorddisaccordancedisagreementdisconformitydiscongruitydiscontinuitydiscordancediscrepancydiscretenessdiscursiondisorderdisparitydisproportiondissentdissimilaritydissonancedistinctiondistinctnessdistortiondivagationdivaricationdivergencedivergencydiversificationdiversitydivisiondoglegdottinessdoubledrifteccentricityepisodeerrantryerraticismerraticnesserrorexcursionexcursusfailingfanningfanning outfar cryfaultfittingflip flopflip-flopfreakinessfreakishnessgnarlgradual changegyregyringhairpinheterogeneityheteromorphismidiocrasyidiosyncrasyimbalanceimprecisionimprovementinaccordanceinaccuracyinaccuratenessincompatibilityincongruityinconsistencyinconsonanceinconstancyincorrectness
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indirectionindirectnessinequalityinexactitudeinexactnessinferiorityinharmoniousnessinharmonyinnovationinstabilityirreconcilabilityirregularityjerkinesskinkknotlapselaxitylicenceloosenesslopsidedness
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maggotmannerismmeanderingmeliorationmercurialitymitigationmixturemodificationmodulationmonstrositymotleynessmutabilitymutationnegligencenoncompliancenonconcurrencenonconformancenonconformismnonconformitynonobservancenonstandardizationnonuniformityobliquenessobliquityoddityoddsoppositionorbitorbitingoriginalityothernessoverthrowpeculiarityperversionpluralismpredictable errorprobable errorprotestqualificationqueernessquipquirkquirkinessradical changeraggednessramblingre creationre-creationrealignmentrecalcitrancerecusancerecusancyredesignreformreformationrefractorinessremakingrenewalreshapingrestructuringreversalrevivalrevivificationrevolutionroundaboutroundabout wayroundaboutnessroundingscrewseparatenessseparationsheershiftshiftingside pathside roadsidetracksingularityskewskewnessslantslopespiralspiralingsplayingspreadspreadingspreading outsquintstandard deviationstrangenessstrayingsubnormalitysudden changesuperioritysweepswerveswervingswingingswitchtackteratismtolerancetorsiontortuositytotal changetransgressiontransitiontransversenesstrickturnturnaboutturningtwistunconformismunconformityunconventionalityuncorrectnessunevennessunfactualnessunlikenessunnaturalismunnaturalnessunorthodoxyunprecisenessunrigorousnessunsteadinessunsymmetryupheavalvagaryvariabilityvariancevariationvariegationvarietyvariousnessveerversatilityviolationviolent changewanderingwarpwaveringwheelingwhimwhimsicalitywhimsyworseningwrenchwrestwringyawzigzag
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Translations
70 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِنْحِرَاف noun (act of deviating)
Armenian
4 entries- թեքում noun (act of deviating)
- խոտորում noun (act of deviating)
- շեղում noun (act of deviating)
- շեղում noun (state or result of having deviated)
Bulgarian
3 entries- девиация noun (shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts)
- отклонение noun (act of deviating)
- отклонение noun (state or result of having deviated)
Catalan
2 entries- desviació noun (act of deviating)
- desviació noun (statistical deviation)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 偏差 noun (statistical deviation)
- 偏離 /偏离 noun (act of deviating)
- 繞行 /绕行 noun (A detour in a road or other route)
- 誤差 /误差 noun (statistical deviation)
Czech
1 entries- odchylka noun (statistical deviation)
Danish
1 entries- afvigelse noun (act of deviating)
Dutch
1 entries- afwijken noun (act of deviating)
Finnish
4 entries- deviaatio noun (voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured)
- eksymä noun (voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured)
- kiertotie noun (A detour in a road or other route)
- poikkeama noun (state or result of having deviated)
French
3 entries- déviation noun (act of deviating)
- déviation noun (A detour in a road or other route)
- écart noun (statistical deviation)
Georgian
2 entries- გადახვევა noun (act of deviating)
- დევიაცია noun (act of deviating)
German
4 entries- Abweichen noun (act of deviating)
- Abweichung noun (act of deviating)
- Abweichung noun (shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts)
- Abweichung noun (statistical deviation)
Greek
4 entries- απόκλιση noun (act of deviating)
- απόκλιση noun (statistical deviation)
- εκτροπή noun (act of deviating)
- παρέκκλιση noun (act of deviating)
Hebrew
2 entries- סטייה noun (act of deviating)
- סטייה noun (state or result of having deviated)
Italian
2 entries- deviazione noun (statistical deviation)
- scarto noun (statistical deviation)
Japanese
1 entries- 偏差 noun (statistical deviation)
Khmer
2 entries- ការងាកចេញ noun (act of deviating)
- ការងាកចេញ noun (state or result of having deviated)
Malayalam
3 entries- വ്യതിചലനം noun (act of deviating)
- വ്യതിയാനം noun (act of deviating)
- വ്യതിയാനം noun (state or result of having deviated)
Māori
1 entries- ara autaki noun (A detour in a road or other route)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avvik noun (statistical deviation)
Polish
1 entries- odchylenie noun (statistical deviation)
Portuguese
2 entries- desvio noun (act of deviating)
- desvio noun (statistical deviation)
Russian
2 entries- отклоне́ние noun (act of deviating)
- отклоне́ние noun (state or result of having deviated)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भ्रंश noun (state or result of having deviated)
Spanish
2 entries- desviación noun (act of deviating)
- desviación noun (statistical deviation)
Swedish
2 entries- avvikelse noun (act of deviating)
- avvikelse noun (statistical deviation)
Tagalog
2 entries- kaliwasan noun (statistical deviation)
- liwas noun (statistical deviation)
Turkish
3 entries- sapma noun (act of deviating)
- sapma noun (state or result of having deviated)
- sapma noun (statistical deviation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відхи́лення noun (act of deviating)
- відхи́лення noun (state or result of having deviated)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
No deviation from the regulations will be tolerated.
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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
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The neutrino's ability to travel without deviation from its course means its source can be accurately tracked, unlike other types of subatomic particles that can be dragged off course by a magnetic field like the Earth's.
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