deviation

See also: déviation

English

Etymology

From Middle French deviation, from

Pronunciation

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

Noun

deviation (countable and uncountable, plural deviations)

1. The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
2. A departure from the correct way of acting
3. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
4. (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.
5. (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
6. (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
7. (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 (ʔinḥirāf)
• Armenian: շեղում (hy) (šeġum), թեքում (hy) (tʻekʻum), խոտորում (hy) (xotorum)
• Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n (otklonenie)
• Catalan: desviació (ca) f
• Danish: afvigelse c
• Dutch: afwijken (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeaminen (fi)
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• French: déviation (fr) f
• Georgian: გადახვევა (gadaxveva), დევიაცია (deviacia)
• German: Abweichung (de) f, Abweichen n
• Hebrew: סטייה (st'i'a)
• 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) (šeġum)
• Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n (otklonenie)
• German: Übertretung f, Verfehlung f, Sünde (de) f
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• Hebrew: סטייה (st'i'a)
• Khmer: ការងាកចេញ (kaa ngiek cəñ)
• Russian: отклоне́ние (ru) n (otklonénije)
• Sanskrit: भ्रंश (sa) m (bhraṃśa)

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

• Bulgarian: девиация (bg) f (deviacija)
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• German: Abweichung (de)

statistical deviation

• Catalan: desviació (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: odchylka (cs) f
• French: écart (fr)
• German: Abweichung (de) f
• Italian: scarto (it), deviazione (it)
• Japanese: 偏差 (ja) (へんさ, hensa)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avvik

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

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: deviaceso (io)
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Anagrams

• antivideo

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Danish

Noun

deviation c (singular definite deviationen, plural indefinite deviationer)

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Declension

Declension of deviation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	deviation	deviationen	deviationer	deviationerne
genitive	deviations	deviationens	deviationers	deviationernes

Further reading

• “deviation” in Den Danske Ordbog