Thesaurus: variance

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1. n. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2. n. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
3. n. 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.
4. n. an event that departs from expectations
5. n. discord that splits a group
6. n. the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
7. n. a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
8. n. the quality of being subject to variation
9. n. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
10. n. an activity that varies from a norm or standard
11. 1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation. 2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Shak. 3. (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. Bouvier. A variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself" Milton.
12. A disagreement or difference between two parts of the samelegal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- asbetween the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation andthe proof. Bouvier. A variance, in disagreement; in a state ofdissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soonat variance with himself" Milton.