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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (7)

1. an event that departs from expectations;
[syn: discrepancy, variance, variant]

2. discord that splits a group;
[syn: division, variance]

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;
- Example: "a growing divergence of opinion"
[syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance]

5. the quality of being subject to variation;
[syn: variability, variableness, variance]

6. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation);
- Example: "a zoning variance"

7. an activity that varies from a norm or standard;
- Example: "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
[syn: variation, variance]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
   1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
      condition; variation.
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   2. Difference that produces dispute or controversy;
      disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
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            That which is the strength of their amity shall
            prove the immediate author of their variance.
                                                  --Shak.
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   3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of
      the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought
      to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or
      between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier.
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   4. (Statistics) The expected value of the square of the
      deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed
      variable; the second moment about the mean. This is also
      the square of the standard deviation.
      [PJC]

   At variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or
      controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at
      variance with himself?" --Milton.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

107 Moby Thesaurus words for "variance":
   agreement to disagree, alienation, antagonism, apostasy, argument,
   argumentation, at variance, change, clashing, conflict, contention,
   contradiction, contrariety, contrast, controversy, counter-culture,
   cross-purposes, debate, departure, deviation, difference,
   difference of opinion, difficulty, disaccord, disaccordance,
   disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disconformity,
   discongruity, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy,
   discreteness, disharmony, disparity, dispute, dissatisfaction,
   dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissimilarity,
   dissonance, distinction, distinctness, disunion, disunity,
   divergence, divergency, diversity, dividedness, division,
   dropping out, faction, far cry, fluctuation, heterogeneity,
   in disagreement, in dispute, inaccordance, incompatibility,
   incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inequality,
   inharmoniousness, inharmony, irreconcilability, jarring,
   minority opinion, misunderstanding, mixture, negation,
   nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence, nonconformity, nonconsent,
   odds, opposition, oppugnancy, otherness, polarization, quarrel,
   recusance, recusancy, rejection, repudiation, repugnance, rift,
   schism, secession, separateness, separation, severing, strife,
   unconformity, underground, unharmoniousness, unlikeness,
   unorthodoxy, variation, variegation, variety, withdrawal