deviation

deviation
deviatory /dee"vee euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, deviative, adj.
/dee'vee ay"sheuhn/, n.
1. the act of deviating.
2. departure from a standard or norm.
3. Statistics. the difference between one of a set of values and some fixed value, usually the mean of the set.
4. Navig. the error of a magnetic compass, as that of a ship, on a given heading as a result of local magnetism. Cf. variation (def. 8).
5. Optics.
a. Also called deflection. the bending of rays of light away from a straight line.
6. departure or divergence from an established dogma or ideology, esp. a Communist one.
[1375-1425; late ME ( < MF) < ML deviation- (s. of deviatio), equiv. to LL deviat(us) (see DEVIATE) + -ion- -ION]

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