Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of varying or the state of being variable.

    расхожде́ниеrasxoždénije

  2. (countable, uncountable)A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.

    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

  3. (countable, uncountable)The state of differing or being in conflict.

    разногла́сиеraznoglásije, противоре́чиеprotivoréčije

  4. (countable, uncountable)An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A discrepancy between two legal documents.

    расхожде́ниеrasxoždénije, несоотве́тствиеnesootvétstvije

  6. (countable, uncountable)A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.

    Varianz

    диспе́рсияdispérsija, отклоне́ниеotklonénije

    the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

  8. (countable, uncountable)The number of degrees of freedom in a system.

  9. (countable, uncountable)Covariance and contravariance generally.

    Depending on the variance of the type constructor, the subtyping relation of the simple types may be either preserved, reversed, or ignored for the respective complex types.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I need to calculate the mean and the variance.

    deIch muss den Mittelwert und die Varianz berechnen.

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  2. A random variable is definitely a constant if the variance is zero.

    deEine Zufallsvariable ist genau dann fast sicher konstant, wenn ihre Varianz Null ist.

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  3. You can't describe the result of a non-parametric test with a statistical parameter such as variance.

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  4. The Nazis burned the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, which conducted some of the earliest formal research into gender variance.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
act of varying or the state of being variable:
state of differing or being in conflict:
discrepancy, especially between two legal documents:
second central moment in probability (statistics):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
second central moment in probability (statistics):

Origin

From Middle English variance, variaunce, equivalent to vary + -ance, from Old French varia

From Middle English variance, variaunce, equivalent to vary + -ance, from Old French variance or directly from Anglo-Latin variaunce, veriaunce, wariaunce; all from Latin variantia.

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Forms

plural: variances

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

See also

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