deviation vs region

deviation

noun
  • A departure from the correct way of acting. 

  • A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour. 

  • A detour in a road or railway. 

  • The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road. 

  • The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. 

  • The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts. 

  • For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean. 

  • The signed difference between a value and its reference value. 

  • The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. 

region

noun
  • A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated. 

  • Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons. 

  • A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province. 

  • An administrative subdivision of the European Union. 

  • A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture. 

  • The inhabitants of a region or district of a country. 

  • Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward. 

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