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Webster 1913 Edition
deviation
deˊvi-a′tion
,Noun.
[LL.
deviatio
: cf. F. déviation
.] 1.
The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
2.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
3.
(Com.)
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.
Deviation of a falling body
(Physics)
, that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth.
– Deviation of the compass
, the angle which the needle of a ship’s compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship.
– Deviation of the line of the vertical
, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, – caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deviation
DEVIATION
,Noun.
1.
A wandering or turning aside from the right way, course or line.2.
Variation from a common or established rule, or from analogy.3.
A wandering from the path of duty; want of conformity to the rules prescribed by God; error; sin; obliquity of conduct.4.
In commerce, the voluntary departure of a ship, without necessity, from the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured. This discharges the underwriters from their responsibility.Definition 2024
deviation
deviation
See also: déviation
English
Noun
deviation (plural deviations)
- The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- (contract law) 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.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
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act of deviating
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state or result of having deviated
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voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured
shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts
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statistical deviation