Deviation

Deviation may refer to:

Mathematics and engineering

• Allowance (engineering), an engineering and machining allowance is a planned deviation between an actual dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension, or between an intermediate-stage dimension and an intended final dimension.
• Deviation (statistics), the difference between the value of an observation and the mean of the population in mathematics and statistics
  • Standard deviation, which is based on the square of the difference
  • Absolute deviation, where the absolute value of the difference is used
  • Relative standard deviation, in probability theory and statistics is the absolute value of the coefficient of variation
• Deviation of a local ring in mathematics
• Deviation of a poset in mathematics
• Frequency deviation, the maximum allowed "distance" in FM radio from the nominal frequency a station broadcasts at
• Magnetic deviation, the error induced in compasses by local magnetic fields

Albums

• Deviation (Jayne County album), 1995
• Deviation (Béla Fleck album), 1984
• Deviate (album), a 1998 album by Kill II This
• Devi/ation, a volume of The Early Years 1965–1972 by Pink Floyd

Other uses

• Bid‘ah, Islamic term for innovations and deviations acts or groups from orthodox Islamic law (Sharia).
• Deviance (sociology), a behavior that is a recognized violation of social norms
• Deviation (1971 film), a horror film
• Deviation (2006 film), a short film
• Deviation, a 2012 British thriller film starring Danny Dyer
• Deviation (law) is a departure from a contract or a ship's course, thus breaching the contract
• Deviationism, an expressed belief which is not in accordance with official party doctrine
• A work of art in the online community DeviantArt

See also

• Deviance (disambiguation)
• Deviant (disambiguation)
• Devious (disambiguation)