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
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
