Variance - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈverɪəns|
Brit.
|ˈveərɪəns|
noun
- an event that departs from expectations (syn: discrepancy, variant)
- discord that splits a group (syn: division)
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions (syn: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence)
- the quality of being subject to variation (syn: variability, variableness)
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- discord that splits a group (syn: division)
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions (syn: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence)
- the quality of being subject to variation (syn: variability, variableness)
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
a zoning variance
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard (syn: variation)Extra examples
There was some variance in the results.
We noticed a slight variance between the quality of the samples.
He had to get a variance to add a garage on to his house.
The developer requested a variance to build a shopping center on the east side of town.
She makes variance between rulers and subjects, between parents and children.
She makes variance between parents and children.
Tradition and culture are often at variance with the needs of modern living.
Word forms
noun
singular: variance
plural: variances
singular: variance
plural: variances
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