deviation: meaning and definitions
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An abnormality; a departure: "Vice was a deviation from our nature” ( Henry Fielding).
The act of deviating or turning aside.
Deviant behavior or attitudes.
Divergence from an accepted political policy or party line.
Deflection of a compass needle caused by local magnetic influence, especially on a ship.
Statistics The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set and the mean of the set.