deviation   (Sound)

The noun deviation has 5 senses

• deviation, divergence, departure, difference -- (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean")


• deviation -- (the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function)


• deviation -- (the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances)


• deviation, deviance -- (deviate behavior)


• diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation -- (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal")