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Deviation

noun

A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. Synonyms: departure, difference, divergence.

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. Synonym: deviance.

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern). Synonyms: deflection, deflexion, digression, divagation, diversion. "A digression into irrelevant details" , "A deflection from his goal"

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"Deviation" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Episcopate had been made, it is very difficult to see. How completely is the fallacy and unwisdom of the assumption exposed by the clear, straightforward words of the reply sent from Woodbury on that memorable twenty-fifth of March: "Could necessity warrant a deviation from the law of Christ and the immemorial usage of the Church, yet what necessity can we plead? Can we plead necessity with any propriety till we have been rejected? We conceive the present to be a more favorable opportunity ...

— Report Of Commemorative Services With The Sermons And Addresses At The Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. • Diocese Of Connecticut

... in the Speaker's Conference had so often impressed on us the danger of departing, even in the direction of obvious improvement, from its recommendations that we had carefully abstained from urging any deviation from them; but when the immense majorities just quoted showed that the Bill and our clauses in it were safe beyond a peradventure, we did press very strongly that the same principle should be applied to Municipal suffrage for women which had already been sanctioned by the House for the Parliamentary ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various

... I have elsewhere noticed that this is a deviation from the truth Charlotte, Countess of Derby, was ...

— Peveril of the Peak • Sir Walter Scott

... acceleration-measuring instruments determined the actual trajectory of the ship; the navigation computer compared the actual trajectory with the trajectory set in before take-off; when a deviation from the pre-set trajectory occurred, the autopilot steered the ship back to the proper trajectory. As the computer on the ground obtained better velocity and position information about the missile from the ground radar, it sent course corrections to ...

— Pushbutton War • Joseph P. Martino

... operations, commercially as well as industrially, is the grading of cotton, which takes place as a rule at the compress point under the supervision of the buyer, who employs experts for this purpose. Cotton mills as a rule operate on certain specified grades of cotton, and any deviation from this grade means either a readjustment of machinery or disgruntled and dissatisfied employes, or, perhaps, an inability to fill an order for cloth of certain types. The manufacturer will usually refuse to accept any ...

— The Fabric of Civilization - A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States • Anonymous

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