DEVIATION

• (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

  "a diversion from the main highway", "a digression into irrelevant details", "a deflection from his goal"

  synonyms : deflection , deflexion , digression , divagation , diversion

• (noun) deviate behavior

  synonyms : deviance

• (noun) the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

• (noun) the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

• (noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

  "the deviation from the mean"

  synonyms : departure , difference , divergence

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