variance

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- a growing divergence of opinion
• Syn:
discrepancy, disagreement, divergence
• Derivationally related forms:
divergent (for: divergence), discrepant (for: discrepancy)
• Hypernyms:
difference
• Hyponyms:
allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
2. an event that departs from expectations
• Syn:
discrepancy, variant
• Derivationally related forms:
variant (for: variant), vary (for: variant), discrepant (for: discrepancy)
• Hypernyms:
deviation, divergence, departure, difference
3. discord that splits a group
• Syn:
division
• Hypernyms:
discord, dissension
4. the second moment around the mean;
the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
• Topics:
statistics
• Hypernyms:
moment
• Hyponyms:
standard deviation, covariance
5. the quality of being subject to variation
• Syn:
variability, variableness
• Ant:
invariableness (for: variableness), invariability (for: variability)
• Derivationally related forms:
variable, variable (for: variableness), variable (for: variability)
• Hypernyms:
changeableness, changeability
• Hyponyms:
variedness, variegation, personal equation
6. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a zoning variance
• Hypernyms:
dispensation
7. an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- any variation in his routine was immediately reported
• Syn:
variation
• Derivationally related forms:
variant, vary, vary (for: variation)
• Hypernyms:
activity

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  variation, variability, variableness, discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, division, variant
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  invariability, invariableness, invariance