DEVIATIONS
Noun
deviations
plural of deviation
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Source: Wiktionary
DEVIATION
De`vi*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. deviatio: cf. F. déviation.]
1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the
common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the
right course or the path of duty.
2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of
sin; an error; an offense.
2. (Com.)
Definition: The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or
delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage
insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Deviation of a falling body (Physics), that deviation from a strictly
vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in
consequence of the rotation of the earth.
– Deviation of the compass, the angle which the needle of a ship's
compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism
of the iron parts of the ship.
– Deviation of the line of the vertical, the difference between the
actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if
the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the
attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition