variance   (Sound)

The noun variance has 7 senses

• discrepancy, variance, variant -- (an event that departs from expectations)


• division, variance -- (discord that splits a group)


• variance -- (the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value)


• discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance -- (a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion")


• variability, variableness, variance -- (the quality of being subject to variation)


• variance -- (an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance")


• variation, variance -- (an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported")