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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

... But between the barricade of the trees and the basin of water lay the smooth stretch of sand, slightly moist from out-flung spray of the falls. Upon that level surface, the tracks showed forth—undeniable, inexplicable. They marched without deviation straight to the base of the great cliff. There, within a little space, they grew confused, as from much trampling. But they did not return; they did not go elsewhere. There was a clear distance of ...

— Heart of the Blue Ridge • Waldron Baily

... years of the little girl's life this lesson can be impressed upon her only by example, and fortunate have those of us been who, both in grandmother and mother, from our earliest childhood up, can remember no single instance, however trifling, of deviation from obedience to the "stern daughter of the voice of God." Though at first we did not know what the power was, we felt, through all our childish consciousness, that there was a power behind the throne from which our laws emanated, whose voice was authority itself. Some of us ...

— The Education of American Girls • Anna Callender Brackett

... toiling into another groove. This is very beneficial. All our students of industrial methods will tell you that the worst flaw of our present system is the effect monotony has on the minds of those constantly subjected to it. Performing without deviation the same mechanical act day after day deadens the brain and even, in certain cases, produces insanity. It also kills ambition and creates hopeless, indifferent persons. Therefore, made wiser by psychology we realize the importance of stirring the mind out of a fixed rut, or rather a stupidity that ...

— Carl and the Cotton Gin • Sara Ware Bassett

... brought down must be left a perpetual sacrifice to its rage; but in the moment of its lassitude it is brought back to its central course, and compelled to forego for a few weeks or months the luxury of deviation. ...

— Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) • John Ruskin

... Cornelius," he said, "on possessing two sons whose word of honour is of the sort to satisfy the Hezekiah Woodbridge standard. The smallest deviation from the outlined schedule would have resulted disastrously. Ten minutes' tardiness at the different points would have failed to obtain the requisite documents. Your sons did not fail. They can be depended upon. The world is ...

— A Court of Inquiry • Grace S. Richmond

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