Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.

    Abweichung, Abweichen

    отклоне́ниеotklonénije

    відхи́ленняvidxýlennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)A departure from the correct way of acting.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

    mankind’s deviation from divine will

    Übertretung, Verfehlung, Sünde

    отклоне́ниеotklonénije

    відхи́ленняvidxýlennja

  4. (countable, uncountable)A detour in a road or railway.

    Umleitung

  5. (countable, uncountable)A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.

  6. (countable, uncountable)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.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.

    Abweichung

  8. (countable, uncountable)For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.

    the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

  9. (countable, uncountable)The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Let's have a look at the standard deviation.

    Розгляньмо стандартне відхилення.

    deSchauen wir uns die Standardabweichung an!

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  2. No deviation from the regulations will be tolerated.

    deKeinerlei Abweichung von den Vorschriften wird geduldet werden.

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  3. Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

    deOhne Abweichung von der Norm ist Fortschritt nicht möglich.

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  4. Next, try to confirm the deviation with an oscilloscope.

    deVersuchen Sie zunächst, die Abweichung mit einem Oszilloskop zu bestätigen.

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  5. This deviation from the safety protocol was so blatant that she fired him immediately.

    deSo krass war diese Abweichung vom Sicherheitsprotokoll, dass sie ihn sofort entlassen hat.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of deviating:
Русский
By meaning 1
act of deviating:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
statistical deviation:
act of deviating:
state or result of having deviated:
A detour in a road or other route:

Origin

From Middle French deviation, from Medieval Latin deviatio. Morphologically deviate + -ion

From Middle French deviation, from Medieval Latin deviatio. Morphologically deviate + -ion.

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