DEVIATION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a diversion from the main highway
    • a digression into irrelevant details
    • a deflection from his goal
    Hypernyms(s) deviation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • deviate behavior
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) deviation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
    Hypernyms(s) deviation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
    Hypernyms(s) deviation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the deviation from the mean
    Hypernyms(s) deviation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)