Synonym: disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, division, variability, variableness, variant, variation. Similar words: variable, variation, agrarian, sectarian, totalitarianism, alliance, defiance, compliance. Meaning: ['verɪəns /'veər-] 
n. 1. an event that departs from expectations 2. discord that splits a group 3. 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 or claims or opinions 5. the quality of being subject to variation 6. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) 7. an activity that varies from a norm or standard.
n. 1. an event that departs from expectations 2. discord that splits a group 3. 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 or claims or opinions 5. the quality of being subject to variation 6. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation) 7. an activity that varies from a norm or standard. 
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31. The regression analysis indicates that 50 percent of the variance is explained by these variables.
32. An extreme event was taken to be any event in a geophysical system displaying relatively high variance from the mean.
33. But this is making demands which are wildly at variance with the methodology and history of the experimental sciences.
34. If anything stands at variance with the evidence, it is this system of beliefs.
35. But whatever the degree of accuracy, they convey a global message completely at variance with the party's narrow patriotism.
36. Some positively conflict by setting off a train of thought which is quite at variance with the message the audio track carries.
37. There was, moreover, a vehemence of utterance and gesture curiously at variance with the reticence of our Virginians.
38. The best results were for the Ford Motor and the Dana corporations which predicted 45 percent of the total variance of returns.
39. Variance component analysis showed that at least two biopsy specimens should be evaluated per subject to allow a precise individual characterisation.
40. But it has been further seen that strong justification is needed for adopting a system at variance with prevailing medical views.
41. For minute-to-minute data, they computed the natural logarithm of the variance of price changes for each day.
42. This shows a Spartan caution which is at variance with their previous bellicosity over Samos.
43. The text seems dully at variance with the fantasy of the illustrations and falls between two stools.
44. On average he found that the model explained 27 percent of the total variance of returns.
45. This was at variance with the Eurocheque system as exempted by the Commission in 1984.
46. The church requested a variance to expand its parking lot.
47. Some tests such as analysis of variance are fairly robust in that they permit violation of such assumptions[sentencedict.com], while others are not.
48. Management should first examine the data produced to ascertain whether any variance from the breakdown is due to site conditions or mismanagement.
49. For history 1, the best fit occurs when, with 50.9% of the variance in the observed temperature record accounted for.
50. Variables with normal distribution and homogeneous variance were compared by means of parametric tests, otherwise their non-parametric counterparts were used.
51. Her current statement is at variance with what she said July 10.
52. At the very least you should consult two historians whose views you know to be opposed or at variance.
53. To enrich a system you need variance in time and space.
54. Analysis of variance and the Newman-Keuls procedure were applied to measure the statistical significance of means from different diagnostic categories.
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55. The definition of price volatility is often taken as the variance of the natural logarithm of the daily price relatives.
56. He asked the council to reverse itself on the variance, which it did.
57. A problem with this technique lies with the variance seen in the number of tyrosine residues in the different proteins.
58. It is quite clear that this thread of non-incrimination is at variance with the recent emphasis on obtaining confession evidence.
59. The mean was approximately 4, and the variance 11, giving a coefficient of dispersion of nearly 3.
60. Tobacco consumption was the most important factor to explain the variance.
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