Contextualizebeta

variance

noun
/ˈvɛə.ɹi.əns/UK/ˈvæɹ.i.əns/US/ˈvɛɹ.i.əns/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from variantia
  2. derived from variaunce
  3. derived from variance
  4. inherited from variance

Definitions

  1. The act of varying or the state of being variable.

  2. A difference between what is expected and what is observed

    A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.

    • This remains an important tool and relies on simple subtraction to evaluate the difference ( variance ) between a planned result and an actual measurement.
    • Whenever a patient is recorded as having a variance (V), it is important to return soon afterwards to see if the care intervention has helped.

  3. The state of differing or being in conflict.

    • But here, again, is the old variance between nature and fortune: each seems to delight in marring the work of the other.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.

    2. A discrepancy between two legal documents.

    3. A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.

    4. The second central moment in probability

      The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.

    5. The number of degrees of freedom in a system.

    6. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at variance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01variance02deviation03road04allow05bar06inch07distance

A definitional loop anchored at variance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at variance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA