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noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
noun
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) 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.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
noun
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
adj
noun
verb
- (transitive) To cause to diverge.
- (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- (intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
- turn aside; turn away from
- be at variance with; be out of line with
adj
noun
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- A deviation from a plan or procedure.
- the act of departing
- euphemistic expressions for death
- (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
- (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
- (euphemistic) A death.
- (surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
- The act of departing or something that has departed.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- a significant change
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an infinite series that has no limit
- the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
- (calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i).
verb
- (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew.
- (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
adj
- (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- (botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
- indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
noun
noun
- (mathematics) Initialism of standard deviation.
- (video games) Initialism of self-destruct.
- Initialism of school district.
- (genetics) Initialism of segmental duplication.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of sheriff's department.
- (relationships) Initialism of sugar daddy
- (television) Initialism of standard definition (“typically 640×480 pixels”).
name
noun
- The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
- Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
- The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.
- (astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
- the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
- the quality of being deceptive
noun
- (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- the act of causing disorder
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system).
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed.
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.
noun
- an extreme deviation from the mean
- a person who lives away from their place of work
- (statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
- (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
- (figurative) An exception.
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
verb
- (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
- (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
- (ambitransitive, aviation) To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)
- (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
- (intransitive) To leave.
- remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- depart for someplace
- wander from a direct or straight course
- go away or leave
- move away from a place into another direction
- be at variance with; be out of line with
noun
- identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
- (taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.
- The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
- (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.
verb
noun
- Initialism of process deviation.
- Initialism of positive deviance.
- (sports) Initialism of performance director.
- (Ireland, politics, historical) Initialism of Progressive Democrat.
- Initialism of peritoneal dialysis.
- (ophthalmology) Initialism of pupillary distance.
- (pathology) Initialism of personality disorder.
- Initialism of pole dance.
- (chiefly South Korea) Initialism of producer director.
- Initialism of professional development.
- (law) Initialism of public defender.
- Initialism of program director.
- (pathology) Initialism of Parkinson’s disease.
- (pathology) Initialism of panic disorder.
- Initialism of public domain.
- Initialism of penile duplication.
- (electronics) Initialism of phase detector.
- (electronics) Initialism of power delivery.
- (electricity) Initialism of partial discharge.
- (U.S. military) Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police department.
- Initialism of prosecutorial discretion.
name
phrase
noun
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
- deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- a person who is unusual
- (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
verb
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
noun
- (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
- Any sound.
- (informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
- (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- Rumour or complaint.
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
verb
adj
verb
adv
adj
verb
adj
noun
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- (countable) An affix representing a given variation.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (countable) Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- (countable) Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- (optometry) Diffraction.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
noun
- (uncountable, medicine) Initialism of dissociated vertical deviation.
- (countable) Initialism of digital video/versatile disc; an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media.
- a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
noun
- (by extension) Behaving contrary to one's own nature, usually as a result of outside pressure.
- Submission to an unwanted sexual act.
- An act of rape where the rapist identifies with or is the same as the victim.
- The act of inflicting obscene violence against oneself.
- (often derogatory) Masturbation.
- (by extension) Self-destructive activity.
- Masturbation without self-love.
verb
adv
adj
- Toward the south; southward.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
- (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
- Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
noun
- (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet
- The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
- a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
verb
noun
- A deviation or difference.
- A specific variation of something.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (radio, television, theater) Ellipsis of variety performance or variety show (“a type of entertainment featuring a succession of short, unrelated performances by various artistes such as (depending on the medium) acrobats, comedians, dancers, magicians, singers, etc.”).
- (linguistics) A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
- (radio, television, theater) The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
- (algebraic geometry) Ellipsis of algebraic variety (“the set of solutions of a given system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers; any of certain generalisations of such a set that preserves the geometric intuition implicit in the original definition”).
- (botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
- A collection or number of different things.
- In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- (philately) A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
- (biology, loosely) An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- noticeable heterogeneity
- a difference that is usually pleasant
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
noun
- deviate behavior
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- (contract law) 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.
- (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- (aviation) A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
noun
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an event that departs from expectations
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- A deviation from a plan or procedure.
- the act of departing
- euphemistic expressions for death
- (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
- (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another
- (euphemistic) A death.
- (surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
- The act of departing or something that has departed.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- a significant change
- a disagreement or argument about something important
- the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
- (logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
- (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- (relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- (countable) A disagreement or argument.
- (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- (uncountable) The quality of being different.
noun
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- an infinite series that has no limit
- the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
- The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.
- (calculus) The operator which maps a function F=(F₁, ... Fₙ) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the function ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ(∂F_i)/(∂x_i).
noun
- (mathematics) Initialism of standard deviation.
- (video games) Initialism of self-destruct.
- Initialism of school district.
- (genetics) Initialism of segmental duplication.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of sheriff's department.
- (relationships) Initialism of sugar daddy
- (television) Initialism of standard definition (“typically 640×480 pixels”).
name
noun
- The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
- Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.
- The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.
- (astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
- the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
- the quality of being deceptive
noun
- (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
- activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
- the act of causing disorder
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system).
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed.
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.
noun
- an extreme deviation from the mean
- a person who lives away from their place of work
- (statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
- (geology) A part of a formation separated from the rest of the formation by erosion.
- (figurative) An exception.
- A person or thing situated away from the main body or outside its proper place.
noun
- identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
- (taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others; especially a description written and published in Latin.
- The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
- (medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of a medical condition or illness.
verb
noun
- Initialism of process deviation.
- Initialism of positive deviance.
- (sports) Initialism of performance director.
- (Ireland, politics, historical) Initialism of Progressive Democrat.
- Initialism of peritoneal dialysis.
- (ophthalmology) Initialism of pupillary distance.
- (pathology) Initialism of personality disorder.
- Initialism of pole dance.
- (chiefly South Korea) Initialism of producer director.
- Initialism of professional development.
- (law) Initialism of public defender.
- Initialism of program director.
- (pathology) Initialism of Parkinson’s disease.
- (pathology) Initialism of panic disorder.
- Initialism of public domain.
- Initialism of penile duplication.
- (electronics) Initialism of phase detector.
- (electronics) Initialism of power delivery.
- (electricity) Initialism of partial discharge.
- (U.S. military) Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police department.
- Initialism of prosecutorial discretion.
name
phrase
noun
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
- deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
- a person who is unusual
- (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
noun
- (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
- Any sound.
- (informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
- (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
- (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
- (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
- (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
- Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- Rumour or complaint.
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint
- incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
verb
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
noun
- deviation from a straight or normal course
- a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
- (grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- (countable) An affix representing a given variation.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (countable) Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- (countable) Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
- (optometry) Diffraction.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
noun
- (uncountable, medicine) Initialism of dissociated vertical deviation.
- (countable) Initialism of digital video/versatile disc; an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media.
- a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
adj
noun
noun
- (by extension) Behaving contrary to one's own nature, usually as a result of outside pressure.
- Submission to an unwanted sexual act.
- An act of rape where the rapist identifies with or is the same as the victim.
- The act of inflicting obscene violence against oneself.
- (often derogatory) Masturbation.
- (by extension) Self-destructive activity.
- Masturbation without self-love.
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- (transitive) To cause to diverge.
- (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- (intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
- turn aside; turn away from
- be at variance with; be out of line with
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- (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew.
- (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
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- (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- (botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
- indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
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- (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
- (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
- (ambitransitive, aviation) To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)
- (intransitive) To set out on a journey.
- (intransitive, euphemistic) To die.
- (transitive) To go away from; to leave.
- (intransitive) To leave.
- remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- depart for someplace
- wander from a direct or straight course
- go away or leave
- move away from a place into another direction
- be at variance with; be out of line with
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- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- be unstable
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
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- Toward the south; southward.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
- (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
- Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
noun
- (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet
- The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
- a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees