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English Dictionary: variance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
variance
n
  1. an event that departs from expectations [syn: discrepancy, variance, variant]
  2. discord that splits a group
    Synonym(s): division, variance
  3. the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
  4. a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
    Synonym(s): discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
  5. the quality of being subject to variation
    Synonym(s): variability, variableness, variance
    Antonym(s): invariability, invariableness, invariance
  6. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"
  7. an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
    Synonym(s): variation, variance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
      1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
            condition; variation.
  
      2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy;
            disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
  
                     That which is the strength of their amity shall
                     prove the immediate author of their variance.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of
            the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought
            to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or
            between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier.
  
      {A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or
            controversy; at enmity. [bd]What cause brought him so soon
            at variance with himself?[b8] --Milton.
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