deviate

/ˈdiːvi.ət/

noun

  1. 1

    A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.

  2. 2

    A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.

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verb

  1. 1

    To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.

  2. 2

    To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.

    “His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.”
  3. 3

    To cause to diverge.

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