Noun
The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
Source: Webster's dictionarya diversion from the main highway Source: Internet
a digression into irrelevant details Source: Internet
a deflection from his goal Source: Internet
the deviation from the mean Source: Internet
About 68% of values drawn from a normal distribution are within one standard deviation σ away from the mean; about 95% of the values lie within two standard deviations; and about 99.7% are within three standard deviations. Source: Internet
A compass deviation card is prepared so that the navigator can convert between compass and magnetic headings. Source: Internet