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ALL meanings of variance

var·i·ance
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  • noun variance the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous. 1
  • noun variance an instance of varying; difference; discrepancy. 1
  • noun variance Also called mean square deviation. Statistics. the square of the standard deviation. 1
  • noun variance Physics, Chemistry. the number of degrees of freedom of a system. 1
  • noun variance 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. 1
  • noun variance an official permit to do something normally forbidden by regulations, especially by building in a way or for a purpose normally forbidden by a zoning law or a building code. 1
  • noun variance a disagreement, dispute, or quarrel. 1
  • idioms variance 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. 1
  • abbreviation VARIANCE variability 1
  • noun variance divergence, difference 1
  • noun variance disagreement, dispute 1
  • noun variance The act of varying or the state of being variable. 0
  • noun variance A difference between what is expected and what happens. 0
  • noun variance The state of differing or being in conflict. 0
  • noun variance A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents. 0
  • noun variance (statistics) The second central moment in probability. 0
  • noun variance (computing, programming) covariance and contravariance generally. 0
  • variable noun variance The variance between things is the difference between them. 0
  • noun variance the act of varying or the quality, state, or degree of being divergent; discrepancy 0
  • noun variance an instance of diverging; dissension 0
  • noun variance a measure of dispersion obtained by taking the mean of the squared deviations of the observed values from their mean in a frequency distribution 0
  • noun variance 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 0
  • noun variance (in the US and Canada) a licence or authority issued by the board of variance to contravene the usual rule, esp to build contrary to the provision of a zoning code 0
  • noun variance the number of degrees of freedom of a system, used in the phase rule 0
  • noun variance the difference between actual and standard costs of production 0
  • noun variance the quality, state, or fact of varying or being variant; a changing or tendency to change 0
  • noun variance degree of change or difference; divergence; discrepancy 0
  • noun variance official permission to bypass regulations; specif., permission to make nonconforming use of zoned property 0
  • noun variance an active disagreement; quarrel; dispute 0
  • noun variance the difference between the actual costs of production and the standard or expected costs 0
  • noun variance a lack of agreement between two parts of a legal proceeding which should agree, as between a statement and the evidence offered in support of it 0
  • noun variance the number of degrees of freedom of a system 0
  • noun variance the square of the standard deviation 0
  • noun variance Variance is the difference between an actual cost and a budgeted or standard cost. 0
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