Thesaurus: deviation

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1. n. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
2. n. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
3. n. 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.
4. n. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
5. n. the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
6. n. the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
7. n. deviate behavior
8. n. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
9. 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. 2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. 2. (Com.) 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. Deviation of a falling body (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. -- Deviation of the compass, the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. -- Deviation of the line of the vertical, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.
10. The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, ordelay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyageinsured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.Deviation of a falling body (Physics), that deviation from a strictlyvertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, inconsequence of the rotation of the earth.-- Deviation of the compass, the angle which the needle of a ship'scompass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetismof the iron parts of the ship.-- Deviation of the line of the vertical, the difference between theactual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have ifthe earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by theattraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.
11. n:100 n. a variation that deviates from the standard or norm n. the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function n. the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances