Synonyms: divagation, diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion
Definition: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Usage: a diversion from the main highway; a digression into irrelevant details; a deflection from his goal
Definition: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
Usage: he took a turn to the right
Definition: deviate behavior
Similar words: irregularity, abnormality
Definition: behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
Synonyms: deviation
Definition: the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
Similar words: erroneousness, error
Definition: inadvertent incorrectness
Synonyms: deviation
Definition: the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
Similar words: statistic
Definition: a datum that can be represented numerically
Synonyms: departure, deviation, difference, divergence
Definition: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
Usage: the deviation from the mean
Similar words: variation, fluctuation
Definition: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change