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Variance
01
a difference or deviation from what is expected or typical
Examples
The temperature variance this year was higher than usual.
There was a slight variance in the experiment ’s results.
02
an official permission to act contrary to a rule, law, or regulation, especially in building or zoning
Examples
They applied for a variance to build beyond the lot line.
The city council granted a variance for the unusually tall structure.
03
the state or quality of being subject to change or variation
Examples
The variance of temperature from day to night is significant.
Natural variance in rainfall affects crop yield.
04
a measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in statistics, representing the average squared deviation from the mean
Examples
In statistics, variance is a measure of how spread out the values in a data set are around the mean.
The variance of a random variable is the expectation of the squared deviation of that variable from its mean.
05
disagreement that divides a group
Examples
Internal variance caused the team to split.
Family variance arose over the inheritance.
06
an event or occurrence that departs from expectation
Examples
The sudden snowstorm was a variance from the forecast.
His promotion was a variance from predicted outcomes.
Lexical Tree
covariance
variance
vary
