noun
definition
A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
synonyms
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A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
verb
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To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
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To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
example
His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.
definition
To cause to diverge.
Examples of deviates in a Sentence
The plan is curious, and deviates much from the ordinary type; the internal arrangements are adapted for the performance of the peculiar rites of this deity.
Hence if the earths axis of rotation deviates slightly from the axis of figure, it should describe a cone about the latter in 320 sidereal days.
The text of Lamentations, however, so often deviates from it, that we can only affirm the tendency of the poet to cast his couplets into this type (Driver).
Owing to the action of the moon on the earth, as it performs its monthly revolution in an orbit slightly inclined to the ecliptic, the centre of the earth itself deviates from the plane of the ecliptic in a period equal to that of the nodal revolution of the moon.
Owing to the action of the planets, especially Venus and Jupiter, on the earth, the centre of gravity of the earth and moon deviates by a yet minuter amount, generally one or two tenths of a second, from the plane of the ecliptic proper.
Kepler's third law therefore expresses the fact that the mass of the sun is the same for all the planets, and deviates from the truth only to the extent that the masses of the latter differ from each other by quantities which are only a small fraction of the mass of the sun.
The algorithms that generate uniform random deviates vary widely.
The story rarely deviates from the torture of the two doomed lovers.
Therefore we should look at what happens if we drive the resonator at a frequency that deviates significantly from its natural resonant frequency.
The relation between integral numbers of months and years expressed by Meton's rule therefore deviates only two hours from the truth.
The acute bisectrix of the optic axes never deviates from the normal to the basal plane by more than a degree or two, hence a cleavage flake of mica will always show an optic figure in convergent light when placed on the stage of a polarizing microscope.
My economics professor's logorrhea can be frustrating at times, especially when she deviates from the topic at hand.
Just because sexual behavior deviates from what is considered the "norm" in society does not mean that it is an addiction.
Erratic-Having no fixed course; behavior that deviates from common and accepted opinions.
Here's an advanced technique that deviates from the previous rule about slow and steady winning the race.
This is where this form of Pilates deviates from traditional Pilates.
Their latest album, "The Flame in All of Us" offers a unique mix that deviates slightly from the band's harder style with more of a pop-rock blend.
The six books pass in review (1) the doctrine of the soul, in which Gersonides defends the theory of impersonal reason as mediating between God and man, and explains the formation of the higher reason (or acquired intellect, as it was called) in humanity, - his view being thoroughly realist and resembling that of Avicebron; (2) prophecy; (3) and (4) God's knowledge of facts and providence, in which is advanced the curious theory that God does not know individual facts, and that, while there is general providence for all, special providence only extends to those whose reason has been enlightened; (5) celestial substances, treating of the strange spiritual hierarchy which the Jewish philosophers of the middle ages accepted from the Neoplatonists and the pseudo-Dionysius, and also giving, along with astronomical details, much of astrological theory; (6) creation and miracles, in respect to which Gerson deviates widely from the position of Maimonides.