单词 | deviation |
释义 | deviation —deviatory /dee"vee euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, deviative, adj. /dee'vee ay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of deviating. 2. departure from a standard or norm. 3. Statistics. the difference between one of a set of values and some fixed value, usually the mean of the set. 4. Navig. the error of a magnetic compass, as that of a ship, on a given heading as a result of local magnetism. Cf. variation (def. 8). 5. Optics. a. Also called deflection. the bending of rays of light away from a straight line. b. See angle of deviation. 6. departure or divergence from an established dogma or ideology, esp. a Communist one. [1375-1425; late ME ( < MF) < ML deviation- (s. of deviatio), equiv. to LL deviat(us) (see DEVIATE) + -ion- -ION] |
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