单词 | deviate |
释义 | deviaten. 1. A person who, or thing which, deviates; esp. one who deviates from normal social, etc., standards or behaviour; spec. a sexual pervert. ΚΠ 1912 Pedagogical Seminary 19 186 To analyze and diagnose mental deviates whose deviation has caused social maladjustment. 1940 School & Society 20 Apr. 503 (title) Contribution to the IQ controversy from the study of superior deviates. 1947 W. F. Ogburn & M. F. Goldenweiser Handbk. Sociol. ix. 180 Group pressure tends to cut off extreme deviates. 1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. i. 8 He was a ‘social deviate’. 1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. vi. 92 We do not expect uniformity, of course; there are plenty of eccentrics or ‘deviates’. 2. Statistics. The value of a variate measured from some standard point of a distribution, usually the mean, and usually expressed in terms of the standard deviation of the distribution. ΚΠ 1925 R. A. Fisher Statist. Methods iii. 47 Table I. shows that the normal deviate falls outside the range ±1·598193 in 10 per cent of cases. 1937 C. L. Burt Backward Child ii. 22 He works out the ‘mean variation’ by taking the deviates about the general average and then averaging in turn the deviates themselves. 1967 E. U. Condon & H. Odishaw Handbk. Physics (ed. 2) i. xii. 179/1 If X is normally distributed with parameters m and σ, then Y = (X−m)/σ, termed a standardized normal deviate, is normally distributed with parameters 0 and 1. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † deviateadj. Obsolete. rare. Turned out of the way; remote. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible outc1425 inaccessible?a1475 out-way1532 deviate1575 unaccessible1596 reachless1597 devious1599 wandering1600 untouchable1622 outlying1651 back1683 no-nationa1756 out-of-the-way1756 outlandish1792 eccentric1800 outworld1808 out-by1816 outside1847 off-lying1859 unget-at-able1862 far-out1887 far-back1900 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 4v Thow art far deuiat For to conforme thy lufe to sic estait. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 196 In the way no doubt, or not farre deviat to Rages. Draft additions 1993 2. [ < deviate n.] = deviant adj., esp. of social and sexual behaviour. Cf. deviate n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > not conforming to standard behaviour irregular1395 unformalc1449 informalc1475 disordered1561 monstrous1568 odd1577 irregulate1579 exorbitant1613 free-spirited1613 exorbitating1632 inconformable1633 extravagant1650 inconform1659 eccentric1685 unconformable1702 outrageous1778 unconventional1840 erratic1841 kinky1844 Bohemian1846 radical1869 Bohemic1874 nonconforming1899 hard case1904 jazz1917 offbeat1922 deviant1935 deviate1945 oddball1945 left field1951 way out1955 boho1958 non-conformant1960 sideways1969 1945 Rep. Inter-Departmental Comm. on Deviate Children (S. Afr.) I. viii. 157 If the reaction of the individual is in conflict with the generally accepted manner of reaction or differs from it in a striking way, such behaviour is deviate. 1961 R. Dalven tr. Cavafy Compl. Poems 71 Deviate erotic drunkenness Overcomes him. 1978 Spectator (New Canaan High School, Connecticut) 61 I'm taking a real neat course from her in deviate sex. 1981 Jrnl. Clin. Psychiatry 42 243/2 He took up religion in an attempt to control both his drinking and deviate thoughts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). deviatev. 1. intransitive. To turn aside from the course or track; to turn out of the way; to swerve. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course bowa1000 swervec1330 wrya1350 crookc1380 to turn asidea1382 depart1393 decline14.. wryc1400 divert1430 desvoy1481 wave1548 digress1552 prevaricate1582 yaw1584 to turn off1605 to come off1626 deviate1635 sag1639 to flinch out1642 deflect1646 de-err1657 break1678 verge1693 sheera1704 to break off1725 lean1894 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > change course or turn off > diverge from direct course swervec1330 digress1552 stray1561 deviate1635 slant1702 diverge1856 excurse1891 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. iii. 195 Neither stand still, nor go backe, nor deviate. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Pref. Some have deviated more than a whole Degree. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vi. 349 Nor did they deviate in the least from their course. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. xi. 272 Our Travellers deviated into a much less frequented Track. View more context for this quotation 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 127 We hewed our steps..but were soon glad to deviate from the ice. 2. a. figurative. To turn aside from a course, method, or mode of action, a rule, standard, etc.; to take a different course, diverge. ΚΠ a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 8 We had not onely deviated, and like Sheepe gone astray, but were become Enemies. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. i. xv. 27 They had deviated from their duty. 1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 4 The rest, to some faint meaning make Pretence, But Shad[well] never deviates into Sence. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. ix. 255 Those who deviated, or whom he suspected of deviating, from the catholic faith. 1824 T. B. Macaulay Mitford's Greece in Ess. in Wks. (1866) VII. 684 By resolutely deviating from his predecessors he is often in the right. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 108 Why I deviated from my original intention. b. To digress from the subject in discourse or writing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > digress overleapc1400 to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass?a1500 digress1530 traverse1530 decline?1543 square1567 rovea1575 deviate1638 to step aside1653 swerve1658 to sally out1660 transgress1662 to run off1687 canceleera1697 cantona1734 excurse1748 to travel out of the record1770 divagate1852 desult1872 sidetrack1893 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 241 I have deviated, this was discourse at dinner, not yet ended. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IX xli. 25 I am apt to grow too metaphysical..And deviate into matters rather dry. c. To diverge or depart in opinion or practice. ΚΠ 1714 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements (rev. ed.) Pref. It seem'd not worth my while to deviate..from him. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xxvii. 79 I say nothing of sectaries: as they profess to deviate from us, they do not belong to us. d. Of things (usually abstract): To take a different course, or have a different tendency; to diverge or differ (from a standard, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] diversec1384 discorda1387 swervea1400 differ?c1400 varyc1400 differencec1425 square?c1450 abhor1531 repugna1538 dissent1539 recede1570 discrepate1590 ablude1610 decline1615 to stand offa1616 particularize1637 distinguish1649 deviate1692 to stand apart1709 veer1796 to be a long way from1917 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 9 If ever Dead Matter should deviate from this Motion. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxvii. 74 As far as the fact deviates from the principle, so far the practice is vicious and corrupt. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. ii. 33 Particulars..deviating from the present methods of taking fish. 1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 301 Sanskrit and Greek have deviated from each other. 3. transitive. To turn (any one) out of the way, turn aside, divert, deflect, change the direction of. (literal and figurative) ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > change the direction of wrya1400 divert1548 wrench1582 break1600 deflect1615 deviate1660 wrest1759 sidetrack1887 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement of [verb (transitive)] > cause to deviate from course charec1000 wrencha1200 turnc1275 to turn againc1330 swerve1390 wrya1400 reflectc1425 traverse1438 to turn aside1535 deduce1541 divert1548 to turn off1573 wrig1582 react1599 deflect1615 slent1639 decline1646 deviate1660 to wind off1677 sway1678 warp1814 switch1861 baffle1883 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade A viij b None shall be..deviated with doubtfull directions. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. xxxv To let them deviate him from the right path. 1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden Astron. for Schools & Coll. 63 The eye-lens..receives the pencil of rays, and deviates it to the observer's eye. 1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 205 If the angle of vision in one eye be deviated even to a slight degree..we see two images. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert/renounce a cause, principle, or person withsayc960 forsakec1175 renayc1300 waive1303 to waive from1303 allayc1330 to fall from ——c1350 relinquish1454 forlesec1460 to give over1477 missake1481 return1483 guerpe1484 abrenounce1537 to turn the back uponc1540 renege1548 forspeak1565 recant1567 reject1574 abnegate1616 abrenunciate1618 derelinque1623 ejurate1623 to give one the backa1624 derelinquisha1631 ejure1642 delinquish1645 desert1654 deviate1757 to give up1970 1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. cclxi. 219 This primitive Reason is the great Criterion, which..may be deviated, according as Reason or Conscience instructs the..Mind. Derivatives ˈdeviating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > deviating from straight course wrongc1440 swerving1534 wrya1586 wriedc1595 diverted1608 dissilient1656 deviatory1702 out-of-the-waya1732 tangent1787 wide1827 deflected1860 tangential1867 deviative1878 deviating1883 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 11/2 Ten batteries, ten deviating points, and ten induction coils have about six times the power of one battery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1912adj.1575v.a1634 |
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