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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024var•i•ance /ˈvɛriəns/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta permit to do something normally regulated by law, esp. to build in a way that is otherwise forbidden by a zoning law.
Idioms- Idioms at variance, in a state of disagreement:His views were at variance with mine.
See -var-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024var•i•ance (vâr′ē əns),USA pronunciation n. - the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
- an instance of varying;
difference; discrepancy. - StatisticsAlso called mean square deviation. the square of the standard deviation.
- Physicsthe number of degrees of freedom of a system.
- Law
- a difference or discrepancy, as between two statements or documents in law that should agree.
- a departure from the cause of action originally stated in the complaint.
- Governmentan official permit to do something normally forbidden by regulations, esp. by building in a way or for a purpose normally forbidden by a zoning law or a building code.
- a disagreement, dispute, or quarrel.
- at variance:
- (of things) in a state of difference or disagreement.
- (of persons) in a state of controversy or dissension:at variance with one's superiors.
- Latin variantia, equivalent. to vari(āre) to vary) + -antia -ance
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: variance /ˈvɛərɪəns/ n - the act of varying or the quality, state, or degree of being divergent; discrepancy
- an instance of diverging; dissension
- at variance ⇒ (often followed by with) (of facts, etc) not in accord; conflicting
- (of persons) in a state of dissension
- a measure of dispersion obtained by taking the mean of the squared deviations of the observed values from their mean in a frequency distribution
- a difference or discrepancy between two steps in a legal proceeding, esp between a statement in a pleading and the evidence given to support it
- the number of degrees of freedom of a system, used in the phase rule
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