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deviation
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Definitions ofdeviation
1noun
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
- A departure from the correct way of acting
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
Example: "mankind’s deviation from divine will"
- (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
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