Collocations for "deviation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "deviation" in context.
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deviation
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- a [height, limit, sexual] deviation
- the [value, amount, degree, angle, percentage] of deviation
- the [average, mean] deviation
- a deviation from the [average]
- calculate the (mean) standard deviation (of)
- a deviation of the [law, rules, legislation]
- would represent a deviation of the [law]
- deviations from the average [reading, number, level]
- the deviations are [due to, a result of]
- deviations [caused, produced, generated] by
- have been maintained, [with, barring] a few deviations
- the [issue, problem] of compass deviation
- the [increase, decrease] of deviation
- the deviation [value, amount, degree, percentage]
- the deviation [change, increase, decrease]
'deviation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):