variation, variance
(noun) an activity that varies from a norm or standard; “any variation in his routine was immediately reported”
variance
(noun) an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); “a zoning variance”
variability, variableness, variance
(noun) the quality of being subject to variation
discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
(noun) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; “a growing divergence of opinion”
variance
(noun) the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
division, variance
(noun) discord that splits a group
discrepancy, variance, variant
(noun) an event that departs from expectations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
variance (countable and uncountable, plural variances)
The act of varying or the state of being variable.
A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
The state of differing or being in conflict.
An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
(law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
(law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
(statistics) The second central moment in probability.
(physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
(computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
Source: Wiktionary
Va"ri*ance, n. Etym: [L. variantia.]
1. The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Shak.
3. (Law)
Definition: A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. Bouvier. A variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself" Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
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