path deviation

  • 1deviation — de vi*a tion, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d[ e]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. [1913 Webster] 2. The …

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  • 2Deviation of a falling body — deviation de vi*a tion, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d[ e]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. [1913… …

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  • 3Deviation of the compass — deviation de vi*a tion, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d[ e]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. [1913… …

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  • 4Deviation of the line of the vertical — deviation de vi*a tion, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d[ e]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. [1913… …

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  • 5flight-path deviation — The angular or linear difference between the track and the course of an aircraft …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 6deviation — 1. A turning away or aside from the normal point or course. 2. An abnormality. 3. In psychiatry and the behavioral sciences, a departure from an accepted norm, role, or rule. SYN: deviance. 4. A statistical measure representing the …

    Medical dictionary

  • 7deviation — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, abnormity, about face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, allowance, alteration, ambages, amelioration, amorphism, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anomalism, anomalousness …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8deviation — i. The angular difference between a magnetic and a compass heading. It is a compass error caused by the compass magnet attempting to align with the aircraft’s local magnetic field. The deviation error changes with the aircraft heading and the… …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 9deviation — A departure by the owner of an easement of way from the path or road over the servient tenement which he is entitled to use. 25 Am J2d Ease § 70. See deviation from route …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 10deviation — noun a) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. b) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of… …

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