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Another word for deviation

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Noun

  1. A departing from what is prescribed

    See also:

    correct

    approach

  2. An instance of digressing

    See also:

    approach

  3. The condition of being abnormal

    See also:

    usual

    good

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Another word for deviation

Noun
  1. See also:

    variation

    perversion

    difference

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Sentence Examples

  • the deviation of the ray at D is 7r-2r.

  • Deviation from this rule indicates molecular dissociation or association.

  • Screw adjustments are provided for closing or opening the air gap between the electromagnets and armatures, for raising or lowering the siphon, and for adjusting the point of the siphon to the centre or side of the paper strip. The received signals are recorded on the paper strip in an undulating continuous line of ink, and are distinguished by the length of deviation from zero.

  • The plane of the joint orbit, in which no deviation from circularity has yet been detected, nearly coincides with the line of sight.

  • If these equations could be assumed to hold when H is indefinitely small, it would follow that has a finite initial value, from which there would be no appreciable deviation in fields so weak that bH was negligibly small in comparison with a.

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