Variance
Variance , noun
[Latin variantia.]
1.
The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
2.
Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance.
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
4.
(Statistics) The expected value of the square of the deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed variable; the second moment about the mean. This is also the square of the standard deviation.
Collocations (1)
At variance , in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?