Definition of Deviateon
De`vi*a"tion (?), n. [LL.
deviatio: cf. F. déviation.] 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.
2. The state or result of having deviated; a
transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
2. (Com.) The voluntary and
unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and
usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the
underwriters from their responsibility.
Deviation of a falling body (Physics),
that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which
occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of
the earth. -- Deviation of the compass,
the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the
magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the
ship. -- Deviation of the line of the
vertical, the difference between the actual direction
of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a
perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a
mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- (Absolute Deviation)The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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