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deviation
noun
the
act
of
turning
away
or
departing
from
a
particular
course
,
standard
,
or
norm
.
•
The
pilot
made
a
slight
deviation
to
avoid
the
storm
.
The
pilot
made
a
slight
deviation
to
avoid
the
storm
.
•
Any
deviation
from
the
recipe
ruined
the
cake
.
Any
deviation
from
the
recipe
ruined
the
cake
.
From
late
Middle
English
,
via
medieval
Latin
dēviātiōn-
(
stem
of
dēviātiō
),
from
late
Latin
dēviāre
‘
to
turn
aside
’ (
based
on
viāre
,
from
via
‘
way
’).
noun
(
in
statistics
)
the
difference
between
the
value
of
a
variable
and
the
mean
of
a
set
of
values
.
•
The
average
deviation
was
calculated
to
be
2
.
5
points
.
The
average
deviation
was
calculated
to
be
2
.
5
points
.
•
High
deviation
indicates
spread
out
data
.
High
deviation
indicates
spread
out
data
.
From
late
Middle
English
,
via
medieval
Latin
dēviātiōn-
(
stem
of
dēviātiō
),
from
late
Latin
dēviāre
‘
to
turn
aside
’ (
based
on
viāre
,
from
via
‘
way
’).