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variance
English
Alternative forms
- variaunce (obsolete)
- var (abbreviation)
Etymology
From Middle English variance, variaunce, from Old French variance or directly from Anglo-Latin variaunce, veriaunce, wariaunce; all from Latin variantia.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v???i.?ns/
- (US) IPA(key): /?væ?i.?nts/ (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (US) IPA(key): /?v??i.?nts/ (Mary–marry–merry merger)
Noun
variance (countable and uncountable, plural variances)
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- Depending on the variance of the type constructor, the subtyping relation of the simple types may be either preserved, reversed, or ignored for the respective complex types.
Derived terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin variantia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?j??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
variance f (plural variances)
- variance
Further reading
- “variance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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precision
English
Etymology
From Middle French precision.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???s?.?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)
- The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
- The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
- (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
- (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.
Derived terms
- arbitrary-precision
Translations
See also
- accuracy
References
- precision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Adjective
precision (not comparable)
- Used for exact or precise measurement.
- Made, or characterized by accuracy.
Translations
Anagrams
- isoprenic
Middle French
Alternative forms
- précision
Etymology
First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin praecisi?.
Noun
precision f (plural precisions)
- precision (quality of being precise)
References
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