variance

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English variance, variaunce, from Old French variance or directly from Anglo-Latin variaunce, veriaunce, wariaunce; all from Latin variantia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

variance

variance (countable and uncountable, plural variances)

The act of varying or the state of being variable
A difference between what is expected and what happens
The state of differing or being in conflict
A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
(statistics) The second central moment in probability
(computing, programming) covariance and contravariance generally

Derived terms

Translations

act of varying or the state of being variable

Dutch: afwijkend (nl)
Finnish: vaihtelu (fi)
Georgian: სხვადასხვაობა (sxvadasxvaoba), განსხვავება (gansxvaveba)
Portuguese: variância f
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Romanian: variere f
Russian: расхожде́ние (ru) n (rasxoždénije)

difference between what is expected and what happens

Dutch: onverwacht (nl)
Finnish: poikkeama
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Romanian: variație (ro) f

state of differing or being in conflict

Dutch: contradictorisch
Finnish: eripuraisuus (fi), erimielisyys (fi)
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Georgian: უთანხმოება (utanxmoeba), ურთიერთწინააღმდეგობა (urtiertc̣inaaɣmdegoba)
Romanian: contradicție (ro) f, diferență (ro) f
Russian: разногла́сие (ru) (raznoglásije), противоре́чие (ru) n (protivoréčije)

discrepancy, especially between two legal documents

Dutch: tegenspraak (nl)
Finnish: ristiriita (fi)
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Georgian: შეუსაბამობა (šeusabamoba)
Romanian: discrepanță (ro) f
Russian: расхожде́ние (ru) n (rasxoždénije), несоотве́тствие (ru) n (nesootvétstvije)

second central moment in probability (statistics)

Basque: bariantza (eu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方差 (zh) (fāngchā), 變異數／变异数 (biànyìshù), 变异数 (biànyìshù)
Czech: rozptyl m
Danish: varians c
Dutch: variantie (nl)
Finnish: varianssi (fi)
French: variance (fr) f
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German: Varianz (de) f
Italian: varianza (it) f
Japanese: 分散 (ja) (ぶんさん, bunsan)
Polish: wariancja (pl) f
Portuguese: variância f
Russian: диспе́рсия (ru) f (dispérsija), отклоне́ние (ru) n (otklonénije)
Spanish: varianza f
Tagalog: alig

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin variantia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va.ʁjɑ̃s/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

variance f (plural variances)

variance

Further reading

“variance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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