Deviation may refer to:

Mathematics and engineering

Allowance (engineering) In engineering and machining, an allowance is a planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension, or between an intermediate-stage dimension and an intended final dimension. The unifying abstract concept is that ...

, an engineering and machining allowance is a planned deviation between an actual dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension, or between an intermediate-stage dimension and an intended final dimension. *

Deviation (statistics) In mathematics and statistics, deviation is a measure of difference between the observed value of a variable and some other value, often that variable's mean. The sign of the deviation reports the direction of that difference (the deviation is posit ...

, the difference between the value of an observation and the mean of the population in mathematics and statistics **

Standard deviation In statistics, the standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. A low standard deviation indicates that the values tend to be close to the mean (also called the expected value) of the set, while ...

, which is based on the square of the difference **

Absolute deviation In mathematics and statistics, deviation is a measure of difference between the observed value of a variable and some other value, often that variable's mean. The sign of the deviation reports the direction of that difference (the deviation is posit ...

, where the absolute value of the difference is used **

Relative standard deviation In probability theory and statistics, the coefficient of variation (CV), also known as relative standard deviation (RSD), is a standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution. It is often expressed as ...

, in probability theory and statistics is the absolute value of the

coefficient of variation In probability theory and statistics, the coefficient of variation (CV), also known as relative standard deviation (RSD), is a standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution. It is often expressed as ...

* Deviation of a local ring in mathematics *

Deviation of a poset In order-theoretic mathematics, the deviation of a poset is an ordinal number measuring the complexity of a poset. A poset is also known as a partially ordered set. The deviation of a poset is used to define the Krull dimension of a module over a ...

in mathematics *

Frequency deviation Frequency deviation (f_) is used in FM radio to describe the difference between the minimum or maximum extent of a frequency modulated signal, and the nominal center or carrier frequency. The term is sometimes mistakenly used as synonymous with freq ...

, the maximum allowed "distance" in FM radio from the nominal frequency a station broadcasts at *

Magnetic deviation Magnetic deviation is the error induced in a compass by ''local'' magnetic fields, which must be allowed for, along with magnetic declination, if accurate bearings are to be calculated. (More loosely, "magnetic deviation" is used by some to mean ...

, the error induced in compasses by local magnetic fields

Albums

* ''Deviation'' (Jayne County album), 1995 * ''Deviation'' (Béla Fleck album), 1984 * ''Deviate'' (album), a 1998 album by Kill II This

Other uses

Bid‘ah In Islam, bid'ah ( ar, بدعة; en, innovation) refers to innovation in religious matters. Linguistically, the term means "innovation, novelty, heretical doctrine, heresy". In classical Arabic literature ('' adab''), it has been used as a for ...

, Islamic term for innovations and deviations acts or groups from orthodox Islamic law (Sharia). *

Deviance (sociology) Deviance or the sociology of deviance explores the actions and/or behaviors that violate social norms across formally enacted rules (e.g., crime) as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores). Although dev ...

, a behavior that is a recognized violation of social norms * Deviation (1971 film), a horror film * ''Deviation'' (2006 film), a short film * ''Deviation'', a 2012 British thriller film starring

Danny Dyer Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in ''Human Traffic'', with other notable roles as Mick Carter in EastEnders, Billy the Limpet in '' Mean Machine'' and as Tommy Johns ...

Deviation (law) The doctrine of deviation is a particular aspect of contracts of carriage of goods by sea. A deviation is a departure from the "agreed route" or the "usual route", and it can amount to a serious breach of contract. The consequences of unjustifie ...

is a departure from a contract or a ship's course, thus breaching the contract *

Deviationism In political ideology, a deviationist is a person who expresses a deviation: an abnormality or departure. In Stalinist ideology and practice, deviationism is an expressed belief which does not accord with official party doctrine for the time and ...

, an expressed belief which is not in accordance with official party doctrine * A work of art in the online community

DeviantArt DeviantArt (historically stylized as deviantART) is an American online art community that features artwork, videography and photography, launched on August 7, 2000 by Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, and Matthew Stephens among others. DeviantArt, ...

Mathematics and engineering

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