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    • variance :a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
      • a growing divergence of opinion

    • variance :an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
      • a zoning variance

    • variance :an activity that varies from a norm or standard
      • any variation in his routine was immediately reported

    • variance :an event that departs from expectations

      • variance :discord that splits a group

        • variance :the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

          • variance :the quality of being subject to variation

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