資料來源 : pyDict

不一致,變化,變異,分歧,不和

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
   1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
      condition; variation.

   2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy;
      disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.

            That which is the strength of their amity shall
            prove the immediate author of their variance.
                                                  --Shak.

   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.

   {A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or
      controversy; at enmity. ``What cause brought him so soon
      at variance with himself?'' --Milton.

資料來源 : WordNet®

variance
     n 1: an event that departs from expectations [syn: {discrepancy},
           {variant}]
     2: discord that splits a group [syn: {division}]
     3: the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the
        square of the deviations of a random variable from its
        mean value
     4: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or
        opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: {discrepancy},
         {disagreement}, {divergence}]
     5: the quality of being subject to variation [syn: {variability},
         {variableness}] [ant: {invariability}, {invariability}]
     6: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any
        variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: {variation}]