deviation

See also: déviation

English

Etymology

From Middle French deviation, from Medieval Latin deviatio

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /diviˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deviation (plural deviations)

1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
3. (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.
4. (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
5. (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
6. (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• absolute deviation
• average deviation
• deviation ratio
• immune deviation
• mean deviation

• quartile deviation
• relative deviation
• sexual deviation
• signed deviation
• standard deviation

Related terms

• deviance
• deviate
• deviant

Translations

act of deviating

• Arabic: إِنْحِرَاف m (ʾinḥirāf)
• Armenian: շեղում (hy) (šełum), թեքում (hy) (tʿekʿum), խոտորում (hy) (xotorum)
• Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n (otklonenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誤差 (zh) (wùchā), 误差 (zh) (wùchā), 偏差 (zh) (piānchā)

• Danish: afvigelse c
• Dutch: afwijken (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeaminen (fi)
• French: déviation (fr) f
• Georgian: გადახვევა (gadaxveva), დევიაცია (deviacia)

• German: Abweichung (de) f
• Hebrew: סטייה (st'i'a)
• Japanese: 偏差 (ja) (へんさ, hensa)
• Khmer: ការងាកចេញ (kaa ngiek cəñ)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: desvio (pt) m
• Russian: отклоне́ние (ru) n (otklonénije)
• Spanish: desviación (es) f
• Swedish: avvikelse (sv) c

state or result of having deviated

• Armenian: շեղում (hy) (šełum)
• Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n (otklonenie)
• Hebrew: סטייה (st'i'a)

• Khmer: ការងាកចេញ (kaa ngiek cəñ)
• Russian: отклоне́ние (ru) n (otklonénije)

voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured

• Finnish: deviaatio (fi), eksymä (fi)

shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts

• Bulgarian: девиация (bg) f (deviacija)

• German: Abweichung (de)

statistical deviation

• Czech: odchylka (cs) f
• French: écart (fr)
• Italian: scarto (it), deviazione (it)
• Portuguese: desvio (pt)

• Spanish: desviación (es)
• Swedish: avvikelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: liwas, kaliwasan

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: deviaceso (io)