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отклонение — meaning in English

otklonenie

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English meaning

  • aberrance noun State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
  • aberration noun Something that departs noticeably from what is normal, expected, or typical.
  • deflection noun The act of deflecting, or an instance of something being deflected.
  • departure noun The act of leaving a place, especially at the start of a journey.
  • detour noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
  • deviant adj Different from what is normal or expected, especially in a way society disapproves of.
  • deviation noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
  • digression noun An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
  • divergence noun The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
  • diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.
  • error noun A mistake, especially one made unintentionally.
  • excursion noun A short trip taken for pleasure or a specific purpose, often as part of a larger journey.
  • falter verb To lose strength, confidence, or momentum; to hesitate or waver.
  • inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  • skew verb To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  • swerve verb To turn suddenly away from a straight path, often to avoid hitting something.
  • swing verb To move back and forth or in a circular path while hanging from a fixed point.
  • tangent noun A straight line that touches a curve at exactly one point without crossing it.
  • tap noun A fitting on a pipe or container that controls the flow of a liquid or gas.
  • variation noun A change, or the act of changing, in the form, amount, or quality of something.

Senses

отклонение is used for these senses in English:

  • aberrance State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. [Mid 17th century.]
  • aberration (astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18th century.]
  • declination At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
  • deflection Deviation (of a needle or other indicator or mechanism) from a previous position.
  • departure A deviation from a plan or procedure.
  • detour A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
  • deviant A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
  • deviation The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

aberration — full definition

  1. noun Something that departs noticeably from what is normal, expected, or typical.
  2. noun (optics) A defect in a lens or mirror that prevents light from focusing perfectly.

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