deviations

NOUN

change, departure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aberration alteration anomaly breach detour discrepancy disparity divergence diversion fluctuation inconsistency irregularity modification variance variation

STRONG

crotch deflection difference digression fork shift transgression turning

WEAK

hereticism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreement conformity consistency harmony normality regularity sameness similarity

WEAK

straightforwardness uniformity

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Using data collected during 2024 and 2025, the LHCb researchers identified evidence of Bd → μ+μ- at a significance of 3.0 standard deviations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2026

This is, by their analysis, three standard deviations cheap, a measure of its extreme divergence from historical pricing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Across multiple combinations of datasets, we find a consistent, mild preference for primordial magnetic fields, ranging from about 1.5 to three standard deviations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Relativity seems pretty solid. We haven’t seen any deviations from that,” said Katie Mack, Hawking chair in cosmology and science communication at the Perimeter Institute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

In recent years the even smaller deviations of the orbits of the other planets from the Newtonian predictions have been measured by radar and found to agree with the predictions of general relativity.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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