Synonyms for Deviation

Synonyms for "deviation" (448 found)

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Closest matches (90)

Noun(12 words)

departure difference divergence aberrations abnormalcy abnormalities allowances anomalies atypicalitybreak routineclimate anomalycourse deviation

aberrance aberrancy aberration abnormality abnormityabout faceabout-face accommodation adaptation adjustment allowance alteration ambages amelioration amorphism anamorphism anamorphosis anomalism anomalousness anomaly

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Adjective(2 words)

astronomical anomalybad

Verb(2 words)

change directionchanged direction

Strong matches (134)

Noun(36 words)

data anomaliesdata irregularitydeflection deflections deflexion departures derailments detours deviancedeviation scorediffer greatlydigression digressions discrepanciesdiscrepancy prepositiondisobedience dispersion distance distorting divagation

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divergences diversion diversions driftage eccentricitieserror countederrors exception exceptions fluctuation fluctuationsgo wrongheterodoxyhighly biasedimperfections inconsistencies

decentralization declination defection deflection deflexure degenerationdegenerative changedeparture deployment derangement deterioration detorsion detour deviance deviancy deviousness diagonality difference differentiation differentness

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Verb(2 words)

deviatingignore guidelines

Adjective(1 words)

french varier

Related words (224)

inexactness inferiority inharmoniousness inharmony innovation instability irreconcilability irregularity jerkiness kink knot lapse laxity licence looseness lopsidedness maggot mannerism meandering melioration

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mercuriality mitigation mixture modification modulation monstrosity motleyness mutability mutation negligence noncompliance nonconcurrence nonconformance nonconformism nonconformity nonobservance nonstandardization nonuniformity obliqueness obliquity oddity odds opposition orbit orbiting originality otherness overthrow peculiarity perversion pluralismpredictable errorprobable errorprotest qualification queerness quip quirk quirkinessradical changeraggedness ramblingre creationre-creation realignment recalcitrance recusance recusancy redesign reform reformation refractoriness remaking renewal reshaping restructuring reversal revival revivification revolution roundaboutroundabout wayroundaboutness rounding screw separateness separation sheer shift shiftingside pathside roadsidetrack singularity skew skewness slant slope spiral spiraling splaying spread spreadingspreading outsquintstandard deviationstrangeness straying subnormalitysudden changesuperiority sweep swerve swerving swinging switch tack teratism tolerance torsion tortuositytotal changetransgression transition transverseness trick turn turnabout turning twist unconformism unconformity unconventionality uncorrectness unevenness unfactualness unlikeness unnaturalism unnaturalness unorthodoxy unpreciseness unrigorousness unsteadiness unsymmetry upheaval vagary variability variance variation variegation variety variousness veer versatility violationviolent changewandering warp wavering wheeling whim whimsicality whimsy worsening wrench wrest wring yaw zigzag

Adjective(10 words)

insignificant deviancemajor irregularityminor driftnatural phenomena in sciencenonconformingrandom distortionrare occurrenceserious irregularityunorthodoxunusual case

Noun(43 words)

irregularities lurchesmarkedly differentmeasurement discrepancymisbehavior misstepsmost misalignednon patternnonconformitynorm violationnot alignedoffset peculiarities perturbation perturbations perversion perversions perverting residuals residues

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residuumrule breakingshape irregularitysidetracking slippage slippagesstandards misalignmentstatistical irregularitystraying swerve swerves swerving toleration tols transgressions undershoots variance variances variationsvary to some extentveering wander waywardness

Verb(2 words)

observed inconsistencyveers

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More general

13 entries

abnormality behavior conduct difference distance erroneousness error fluctuation irregularity statistic turn turning variation

More specific

5 entries

absolute deviationdivergence nonconformityrule breakingvariance

Collocations

6 entries

angular deviationdegree of deviationdeviation from plandeviation from the normstandard deviationstatistical deviation

Inflections

4 entries

deviated deviates deviating deviations

Derivations

5 entries

deviant deviate deviated deviates deviating

Translations

19 translations across 16 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

desviació noun (statistical deviation)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

偏差 noun (statistical deviation)
誤差 /误差 noun (statistical deviation)

Czech

1 entries

odchylka noun (statistical deviation)

Finnish

1 entries

poikkeama noun (statistical deviation)

French

1 entries

écart noun (statistical deviation)

German

1 entries

Abweichung noun (statistical deviation)

Greek

1 entries

απόκλιση noun (statistical deviation)

Italian

2 entries

deviazione noun (statistical deviation)
scarto noun (statistical deviation)

Japanese

1 entries

偏差 noun (statistical deviation)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

avvik noun (statistical deviation)

Polish

1 entries

odchylenie noun (statistical deviation)

Portuguese

1 entries

desvio noun (statistical deviation)

Spanish

1 entries

desviación noun (statistical deviation)

Swedish

1 entries

avvikelse noun (statistical deviation)

Tagalog

2 entries

kaliwasan noun (statistical deviation)
liwas noun (statistical deviation)

Turkish

1 entries

sapma noun (statistical deviation)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: tatoeba (754884)

No deviation from the regulations will be tolerated.

Source: tatoeba (8657798)

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Source: tatoeba (9589185)

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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Deviation