variance
US /ˈver.i.əns/
UK /ˈver.i.əns/
1.
差異, 分歧, 不一致
the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent
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There was a significant variance in the test results.
測試結果存在顯著差異。
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The committee noted the variance between the two reports.
委員會注意到兩份報告之間的差異。
2.
方差
the square of the standard deviation
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In statistics, variance measures how far a set of numbers is spread out.
在統計學中，方差衡量一組數字的離散程度。
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Calculating the variance is a key step in many statistical analyses.
計算方差是許多統計分析中的關鍵一步。