deviation
Signification (Anglais)
- (countable, uncountable) The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- (countable, uncountable) A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (countable, uncountable) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- (countable, uncountable) A detour in a road or railway.
- (countable, uncountable) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- (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.
- (countable, uncountable) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- (countable, uncountable) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (countable, uncountable) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
Concepts
Synonymes
turning aside
modification
alternative route
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/diviˈeɪʃən/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Middle French deviation, from Medieval Latin deviatio. Morphologically deviate + -ion.
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