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noun

Variance n.

The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.

Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. "That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance."

(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.

(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.

At variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?"

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"At variance" Quotes from Famous Books

... caliber of Erasmus, Casaubon, Sarpi! An insuperable obstacle to sacred studies of a permanently useful kind was the Tridentine decree which had declared the Vulgate inviolable. No codex of age or authority which displayed a reading at variance with the inspired Latin version might be cited. Sirleto, custodian of the Vatican Library, refused lections from its MSS. to learned men, on the ground that they might seem to impugn the Vulgate.[134] For the same reason, the critical labors of ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 - The Catholic Reaction • John Addington Symonds

... Ewa lewa. In this reading the author has followed the authoritative suggestion of a Hawaiian expert, substituting it for that first given by another, which was elewa. The latter was without discoverable meaning. Even as now, given conjectures as to its meaning are at variance. The one ...

— Unwritten Literature of Hawaii - The Sacred Songs of the Hula • Nathaniel Bright Emerson

... for her, leaning against the frame of the library ladder; a spare, black figure, notably at variance with the broad glory of sunshine and colour reigning ...

— The History of Sir Richard Calmady - A Romance • Lucas Malet

... of it—Allen Drew was conscious of a vague restlessness. A feeling of discontent haunted him and robbed the day of beauty. Something was lacking, and he had a sense of incompleteness that was quite at variance with his usual complacent outlook on life. He was not given to minute self-analysis, but as this feeling persisted and bothered him, he began harking back to the events of the morning in the hope of finding an explanation. Was there anything he had done that was wrong or anything that he had neglected ...

— Doubloons--and the Girl • John Maxwell Forbes

... servant for great purposes. Truly have the words of the good old man come true. Yet Dr Martin was far from enlightened. He was to obtain full emancipation from the thraldom of Rome in Rome itself. He was sent there to represent seven convents of his own order, who were at variance with the Vicar-general. He had always imagined Rome to be the abode of sanctity. Ignorance, levity, dissolute manners, a profane spirit, a contempt for all that is sacred, a scandalous traffic in divine things. Such was the spectacle afforded by this unhappy city. Even when performing their ...

— Count Ulrich of Lindburg - A Tale of the Reformation in Germany • W.H.G. Kingston

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