| 单词 | deviation |
| 释义 | deviation (once / 2083 pages) n Anything that varies from the accepted norm or standard is called a deviation. It is common in math and science, but it can refer to anything that differs from the expected. Deviation in nature is an important part of evolution. When something causes a creature’s DNA to change, it creates a deviation, or a changed characteristic. If the deviation makes the organism better able to survive, it passes the change on to its descendants. People are naturally given to change, so there are deviations in critical thought as well as in math and science. Those deviations often account for the creativity that gives rise to new ideas, or theories, or even musical styles. WORD FAMILYdeviation: deviationism, deviations+/deviance: deviances/deviate: deviance, deviated, deviates, deviating, deviatingly, deviation/deviating: undeviating/deviationism: deviationist/deviationist: deviationists/undeviating: undeviatingly USAGE EXAMPLESA deviation in supermarket chicken prices of that magnitude would have cost U.S. grocery shoppers billions of dollars in recent years. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) Rather than scrutinize your period blood for any unusual characteristics, she recommends keeping an eye out for deviations from your normal flow or schedule. Time(Nov 16, 2016) Any deviation will jeopardize the parade and everyone watching. Washington Times(Nov 15, 2016) 1n a variation that deviates from the standard or norm the deviation from the mean Syn|Hypo|Hyper departure, difference, divergence discrepancy, variance, variant an event that departs from expectations driftagethe deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting flection, flexion, inflectiondeviation from a straight or normal course fluctuation, variation an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change 2n a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) Syn|Hypo|Hyper deflection, deflexion, digression, divagation, diversion red herring any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue turn, turning the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course 3n deviate behavior Syn|Hyper deviance abnormality, irregularity behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality 4n the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function Hypo|Hyper outlier an extreme deviation from the mean mean deviation, mean deviation from the meanthe arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution statistic a datum that can be represented numerically 5n the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances Hyper erroneousness, error inadvertent incorrectness |
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