🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Deviazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deh-vya-tsyo-ne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deviation/ˌdiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La deviazione dalla norma è stata notata."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard.

    "The deviation from the original plan caused delays in the project."
  2. 2

    A difference or variation from a norm or expected value.

    "In statistics, a deviation indicates how much a data point differs from the mean."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'deviation' originates from the Latin 'deviatio', which means 'a turning aside'. It evolved through Middle French before entering English in the late 14th century, where it began to encompass both physical and metaphorical senses of straying from a path or norm.

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