A wavering; unsteadiness.
In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
The state of differing or being in conflict.
A discrepancy between two legal documents.
A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
The act of varying or the state of being variable.
The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
Covariance and contravariance generally.
A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
The second central moment in probability.