deviations

NOUN

change, departure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aberration alteration anomaly breach detour discrepancy disparity divergence diversion fluctuation inconsistency irregularity modification variance variation

STRONG

crotch deflection difference digression fork shift transgression turning

WEAK

hereticism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreement conformity consistency harmony normality regularity sameness similarity

WEAK

straightforwardness uniformity

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deviations

A result must reach three standard deviations to qualify as evidence of a new phenomenon.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

That milestone requires a significance of five standard deviations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 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

Ode engineers are now helping Chamberlain test software that can learn a family’s routines, like when they arrive home every day, and flag deviations to the homeowner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Is it not true, that slowly and through many deviations I changed from a man into a child?

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

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