different between deviation vs aberrance

English

Etymology

From Middle French deviation, from Medieval Latin deviatioMorphologically deviate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /divi?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

deviation (countable and uncountable, plural deviations)

1. The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
2. A departure from the correct way of acting
3. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

4. (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.
5. (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
6. (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
7. (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

Derived terms

Related terms

• deviance
• deviate
• deviant

Translations

Anagrams

• antivideo

Danish

Noun

deviation c (singular definite deviationen, plural indefinite deviationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “deviation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Alternative forms

• aberrancy

Etymology

From aberr (“to stray”), from Latin aberr? (“to wander from the way”) + -ance

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.b??.n?s/, /æ?b??.n?ts/

Noun

aberrance (countable and uncountable, plural aberrances)

1. State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. [Mid 17^th century.]

Translations

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.???s/

Noun

aberrance f (plural aberrances)

1. (statistics) character of what is aberrant
2. (uncommon) an aberration or anomaly

Further reading

• “aberrance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).