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deviation
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)
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
- A departure from the correct way of acting
- 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.
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
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modification
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French modification, from Latin modificatio (“a measuring”), from modificare (“to limit, control, modify”); see modify.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?d?f??ke???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?d?f??ke???n/
- Hyphenation: mod?i?fi?ca?tion
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
modification (countable and uncountable, plural modifications)
- (obsolete, philosophy) The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being. [17th–19th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 72:
- Pleasure is the business of woman's life, according to the present modification of society […].
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 72:
- (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in I'm) [from 17th c.]
- The result of modifying something; a new or changed form. [from 17th c.]
- The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]
- Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
- (biology) A change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring. [from 19th c.]
- Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications: he got a tan.
- (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
- The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow".
Related terms
- modify
- modifier
Translations
Further reading
- modification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- modification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- domification
French
Etymology
From Latin modific?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.di.fi.ka.sj??/
Noun
modification f (plural modifications)
- modification
- Synonyms: altération, transformation
Related terms
- modifiable
- modificateur
- modifier
- modifieur
Further reading
- “modification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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