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), 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, 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, 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, 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) ''Deviation'' is a 1971 British-Spanish-Swedish horror film written and directed by José Ramón Larraz, and starring Karl Lanchbury, Lisbet Lundquist, Malcolm Terris, and Sibyla Grey. Its plot follows a young couple in the English countryside wh ...

, 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) 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

Mathematics and engineering

Albums

Other uses

See also