Dictionary Entry

variance

variance is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 10 senses

Definitions

1noun
The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2noun
Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
3noun
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.
4noun
an activity that varies from a norm or standard
"any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
Synonyms
variation
5noun
an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
"a zoning variance"
6noun
the quality of being subject to variation
Synonyms
variability variableness
7noun
a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
"a growing divergence of opinion"
Synonyms
disagreement discrepancy divergence
8noun
the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
9noun
discord that splits a group
Synonyms
division
10noun
an event that departs from expectations
Synonyms
discrepancy variant

Synonyms

variation variability variableness disagreement discrepancy divergence division variant

Common word forms

variances

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