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▸ noun: A departure from the correct way of acting.
▸ noun: The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
▸ noun: A detour in a road or railway.
▸ noun: (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
▸ noun: (contract law) 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.
▸ noun: (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
▸ noun: (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
▸ noun: (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
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