- plural of deviation.
deviations
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When they combined those measurements with earlier data gathered between 2011 and 2018, the statistical significance increased to 3.2 standard deviations, exceeding the widely accepted threshold for evidence.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
In particle physics, scientists use a statistical measure called standard deviations to evaluate how likely an apparent signal is to result from random fluctuations rather than a genuine physical process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026
The rotation into long-dated Treasury ETFs is more than five standard deviations away from its historical average, illustrating just how extreme this shift is relative to normal activity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Relativity seems pretty solid. We haven’t seen any deviations from that,” said Katie Mack, Hawking chair in cosmology and science communication at the Perimeter Institute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Minor deviations earned her little frowns on wise brows, or a degree of frostiness and withdrawal of sympathy.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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