Hypertext Webster Gateway: "variance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
condition; variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy;
disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall
prove the immediate author of their variance.
--Shak.
3. (Law) 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. --Bouvier.
{A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or
controversy; at enmity. ``What cause brought him so soon
at variance with himself?'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
variance
n 1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {discrepancy},
{variant}]
2: discord that splits a group [syn: {division}]
3: the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the
square of the deviations of a random variable from its
mean value
4: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or
opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: {discrepancy},
{disagreement}, {divergence}]
5: the quality of being subject to variation [syn: {variability},
{variableness}] [ant: {invariability}, {invariability}]
6: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any
variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: {variation}]
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