different between deviation vs mutant

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

Etymology

From Latin m?t?ns, present participle of m?t?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mju?t?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mju?n?(t)/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant

Noun

mutant (plural mutants)

1. Something which has mutated, which has one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

2. (informal) Someone or something that seems strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

3. (computing) Synonym of mutex

Translations

Adjective

mutant (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

2. (informal) Strange, abnormal, or bizarre.

Translations

Related terms

• mutate
• mutation

Further reading

• mutant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mutant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of mutar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mutant]

Noun

mutant m

1. mutant

Related terms

• See motiv
• mutace
• mutovat

Further reading

• mutant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• mutant in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutant/, [mu?t?an?d?]

Noun

mutant c (singular definite mutanten, plural indefinite mutanter)

1. mutant (something that has mutated)

Inflection

Synonyms

• mutation

Further reading

• mutant on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mutans, present participle of mutare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: mu?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

mutant m (plural mutanten, diminutive mutantje n)

1. mutant

Related terms

• mutatie
• muteren

French

Adjective

mutant (feminine singular mutante, masculine plural mutants, feminine plural mutantes)

1. mutant

Verb

mutant

1. present participle of muter

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

m?tant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of m?t?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu.tant/

Noun

mutant m anim

1. mutant

Declension

Further reading

• mutant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French mutant.

Noun

mutant m (plural mutan?i)

1. mutant

Declension