deviation

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of deviating

   The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.

2. 2

   A departure from the correct way of acting.

3. 3

   The state or result of having deviated

   The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

   • mankind’s deviation from divine will
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   1. 4

      A detour in a road or railway.

      • "A rough place, my last district; sixty navvies on the Springbank deviation works, let alone eighty of these dole bugs to attend to."
   2. 5

      A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather)

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

      • The flightcrew observed en route thunderstorms both visually and on the airplane's weather radar, so they requested and received clearance for a deviation to the left of course from the HNL Combined Center Radar Approach Control (CERAP).
   3. 6

      The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and…

      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.

   4. 7

      The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile…

      The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.

   5. 8

      For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed…

      For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.

   6. 9

      The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

The neighborhood

• neighbordeviance
• neighbordeviate
• neighbordeviant