Definition of Deviations

1. Noun. (plural of deviation) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deviations

1. deviation [n] - See also: deviation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deviations

deviate
deviated
deviated nasal septum
deviated septum
deviates
deviating
deviation
deviation ratio
deviation to the left
deviation to the right
deviational nystagmus
deviationism
deviationisms
deviationist
deviationists
deviations (current term)
deviative
deviator
deviatoric
deviators
deviatory
device
device approval
device characteristic
device driver
deviceful
devicefully
devices
devictimize
devictimized

Literary usage of Deviations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1865)
"Admiralty Manual on deviations of the Compass. Edited by FJ Evans, RN, ... A Short Treatise on the deviations of the Compass. Captain Sir J. Ross, RN 1849. ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1855)
"By ARCHIBALD SMITH, MA THE general character of the. deviations of the compasses of a ship in northern latitudes is, that the north end of the needle is ..."

3. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"Compound or S-shaped deviations or compound angular deviations of the ... Simple angular (anteroposterior) deviations and L-shaped angular deviations of the ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Building and Buildings: Especially Referring to by Augustus Parlett Lloyd (1888)
"deviations FROM THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. As has been previously stated in this chapter, the law implies a substantial rather than literal or exact performance ..."

5. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"A little practice in finding the median soon removes the disadvantage of less familiarity with its use. 5. deviations from the central tendency. — Fifth. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Deviations on Dictionary.com!Search for Deviations on Thesaurus.com!Search for Deviations on Google!Search for Deviations on Wikipedia!

Search