English-Dutch translations for deviation

• aberratie
• afwijken
• afwijking
  Elk afwijking van die optie is welbeschouwd strijdig met het begrip burgerschap. Any deviation from this option would distort the very idea of citizenship.
  De recente gebeurtenissen hebben ons echter een ernstige afwijking van al deze engagementen getoond. However, recent events have shown us a serious deviation from all these commitments.
  Uiteraard is die afwijking ook maar niet uitsluitend van toepassing op de offshoresector. Needless to say, this deviation applies also, but not exclusively, to the off-shore sector.

Definition of deviation

• The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
• The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense
• The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility
• For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean

Examples

• mankind’s deviation from divine will

Related words

• deviationist
• deviationism
• deviation in exchange rates
• deviation in prices
• deviation of form
• deviation from the subject
• magnetic deviation
• standard deviation
• absolute deviation