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noun

Variance n.

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. "That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance."

(Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.

(Statistics) The expected value of the square of the deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed variable; the second moment about the mean. This is also the square of the standard deviation.

At variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?"

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... village of Lernai oak woods are passed, in which Vanda coerulea grows in profusion, waving its panicles of azure flowers in the wind. As this beautiful orchid is at present attracting great attention, from its high price, beauty, and difficulty of culture, I shall point out how totally at variance with its native habits, is the cultivation thought necessary for it in England.* [We collected seven men's loads of this superb plant for the Royal Gardens at Kew; but owing to unavoidable accidents and difficulties, few specimens reached England alive. A gentleman who sent his gardener ...

— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker

... much our Christianity suffers from this, that it is confined to certain times and places. A man who seeks to pray earnestly in the church or in the closet, spends the greater part of the week or the day in a spirit entirely at variance with that in which he prayed. His worship was the work of a fixed place or hour, not of his whole being. God is a spirit: He is the Everlasting and Unchangeable One; what He is, He is always and in truth. Our ...

— Lord, Teach Us To Pray • Andrew Murray

... to particulars, it may be safely asserted that the power to make war against a State is at variance with the whole spirit and intent of the Constitution. Suppose such a war should result in the conquest of a State; how are we to govern it afterwards? Shall we hold it as a province and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things, we could not by physical force control the will of ...

— State of the Union Addresses of James Buchanan • James Buchanan

... details," resumed Mother Bunch, "I asked the portress if M. Rodin and the Abbe d'Aigrigny appeared to be at variance when they quitted the house? She replied no, but that the Abbe said to M. Rodin, as they parted at the door: 'I will write to you ...

— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

... comment, supplied however unauthorisedly by MR. MARGOLIOUTH in his translation of such comment. But Mendelsohn introduces the "es" (it), in his German version (Berlin, 1788, dedicated to Ramler), without however any authority from the Hebrew original of this Psalm. He is therefore at variance with himself. And, farther, he has omitted altogether the important word [Hebrew: KEIN] (so or thus), rendered "denn" ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 • Various

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