variance : Idioms & Phrases


A variance

  • in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?" Milton.
Webster 1913

analysis of variance

  • noun a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables
    ANOVA.
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at variance

  • adjective satellite not in accord
    discrepant; dissonant.
    • desires at variance with his duty
    • widely discrepant statements
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