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1. An event that departs from expectations
   - discrepancy, variant
    
2. Discord that splits a group
   - division
    
3. (statistics) the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
    
4. A difference between conflicting facts, claims or opinions
   "a growing variance of opinion";
   - discrepancy, disagreement, divergence
    
5. The quality or degree of being subject to variation
   - variability, variableness
    
6. An official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
   "a zoning variance"
    
7. An activity that varies from a norm or standard
   "any variance in his routine was immediately reported";
   - variation

Sounds like: vaper, vapour, riance, va

Derived forms: variances

Type of: activity, changeability, changeableness, departure, deviation, difference, discord, dispensation, dissension, divergence, moment

Encyclopedia: Variance