variance的经典引文

1. an event that departs from expectations
2. discord that splits a group
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"
   

5. the quality of being subject to variation
6. an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation);

   "a zoning variance"
   

7. an activity that varies from a norm or standard;

   "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
   

1.（与…）不一致，相矛盾
If one thing isat variance with another, the two things seem to contradict each other.

e.g. Many of his statements were atvariance with the facts...
他的说法有很多和事实不符。
e.g. This idealistic concept is atvariance with reality.
这种理想主义的观念和现实相矛盾。

2.差异;不同
Thevariance between things is the difference between them.

e.g. ...the variances in the stock price.
股票价格的变化
e.g. ...total revenuevariance.
总收入的差异

• at variance有分歧
• minimum variance最小方差
• sampling variance抽样方差,抽样变异数...
• pooled variance合并方差
• genotypic variance遗传型方差,基因型方...
• volume variance产量差异
• intraclass variance组合方差
• estimate variance估计方差
• variance reduction方差缩减
• error variance误差离散,误差方差...
• genetic variance遗传方差
• population variance总体方差
• sample variance采样方差,采样离散,...
• efficiency variance效率差异
• mix variance混合差异
• total variance总方差
• heterogeneous variance异质性的方差...
• serial variance系列离散,序列方差...
• material variance原料用量差异...
• variance test方差检验

• It being reasonable for every man to vary his opinion according to the variance of his reason.

  出自：Sir T. Browne