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Webster 1913 Edition
Variance
Va′ri-ance
,Noun.
[L.
variantia
.] 1.
The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2.
Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their
variance
. Shakespeare
3.
(Law)
A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, – as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.
Bouvier.
At variance
, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity.
“What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Variance
VA'RIANCE
,Noun.
1.
In law, an alteration of something formerly laid in a writ; or a difference between a declaration and a writ, or the deed on which it is grounded.2.
Any alteration or change of condition.3.
Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord. A mere variance may become a war. Without a spirit of condescension, there will be an everlasting variance.1.
At variance, in disagreement; in a state of difference or want of agreement.2.
In a state of dissension or controversy; in a state of enmity.Definition 2024
variance
variance
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Alternative forms
Noun
variance (plural variances)
- The act of varying or the state of being variable
- A difference between what is expected and what happens
- The state of differing or being in conflict
- A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability
- (computing, programming) covariance and contravariance generally
Translations
act of varying or the state of being variable
difference between what is expected and what happens
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state of differing or being in conflict
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discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
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second central moment in probability (statistics)