variance
IPA: vˈɛriʌns
noun
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
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Examples of "variance" in Sentences
- If an exception or variance is needed, then the rules need changing.
- The hypothesis would assert that substantial local variance is deliberate.
- Looking at the bottom graph, it appears the variance is a bit less than 5%.
- Another factor could be the difference in variance in talents within the genders.
- And you don't have to assume any large difference in variance between the male and female population's abilities.
- The Planning Board can not do that, any variance from the rules would have to come through the ZBA, but would probably be hard to get.
- Perhaps the matter in variance is a secret, not fit to be divulged to any, much less to be brought upon the stage before the country; and therefore end it privately, that it may not be discovered.
- Everywhere homosexuality and gender variance is being discriminated against; in more that 80 countries in the world, same sex relationships are criminalised and in 7 of them, death penalty can be enforced.
- The King County Health Department recently notified restaurants that the sous vide process — cooking vacuum-sealed food in water baths at low, precisely-controlled temperatures — requires a variance from the health department, as well as an approvedHazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan, a detailed food safety plan more commonly seen in large-scale or industrial operations.
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