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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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