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variance

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var·i·ance  (vâr-ns, vr-)
n.
1.
a. The act of varying.
b. The state or quality of being variant or variable; a variation.
c. A difference between what is expected and what actually occurs.
2. The state or fact of differing or of being in conflict. See Synonyms at discord.
3. Law
a. A discrepancy between two statements or documents in a proceeding.
b. License to engage in an act contrary to a usual rule: a zoning variance.
4. Statistics The square of the standard deviation.
5. Chemistry The number of thermodynamic variables, such as temperature and pressure, required to specify a state of equilibrium of a system, given by the phase rule.
Idiom:
at variance
In a state of discrepancy; differing: The facts are at variance with your story.

variance
Noun
at variance not in agreement: the real record is at variance with the public record
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.variance - an event that departs from expectations
deviation, difference, divergence, departure - a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
2.variance - discord that splits a group
dissension, discord - disagreement among those expected to cooperate
3.variance - the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
moment - the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
standard deviation - the square root of the variance
covariance - (statistics) the mean value of the product of the deviations of two variates from their respective means
4.variancevariance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
difference - the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock"
leeway, allowance, tolerance, margin - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
5.variancevariance - the quality of being subject to variation
changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather"
variedness - characterized by variation
variegation - variability in coloration
personal equation - variability attributable to individual differences
6.variance - an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"
dispensation - an exemption from some rule or obligation
7.variancevariance - an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"

variance
noun >> at variance in disagreement, conflicting, at odds, in opposition, out of line, at loggerheads, at sixes and sevens (informal) out of harmony
Translations
Spanish variance [ˈvɛərɪəns] n to be at variance (with) → estar en desacuerdo (con), no cuadrar (con)
French variance [ˈvɛərɪəns] n to be at variance (with) → être en désaccord (avec);
(facts) → être en contradiction (avec)

German variance [ˈvɛərɪəns] n to be at variance (with) → nicht übereinstimmen (mit)
Italian variance [ˈvɛərɪəns] n to be at variance (with) → essere in disaccordo (con) [+ facts]; essere in contraddizione (con)

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Firmly resolved, after putting his affairs in order in the regiment, to retire from the army and return and marry Sonya, Nicholas, serious, sorrowful, and at variance with his parents, but, as it seemed to him, passionately in love, left at the beginning of January to rejoin his regiment.
They were all similarly at variance in their descriptions of the figures themselves.
And because it requireth elevation, therefore doth it require steps, and variance of steps and climbers
 
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