What's the difference between deviation and inconsistency?

Deviation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
  • (n.) The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Only in 17 of the 97 examinees all the examined parameters were found normal, in the rest deviations from the normal echographic picture were revealed.
  • (2) Deviations in two planes simultaneously cause less error than deviation in one plane.
  • (3) The percent pause time, the standard deviation of the voice fundamental frequency distribution, the standard deviation of the rate of change of the voice fundamental frequency and the average speed of voice change were found to correlate to the clinical state of the patient.
  • (4) This study examined the frequency of occurrence of velar deviations in spontaneous single-word utterances over a 6-month period for 40 children who ranged in age from 1:11 (years:months) to 3:1 at the first observation.
  • (5) The average lung density, its standard deviation which was used as a measure of the density homogeneity throughout the lung, and the densities of smaller lung regions were measured before and up to 76 weeks after irradiation in rat lungs.
  • (6) The zeta potential as a function of ionic strength deviates significantly from the predictions of the double-layer theory in the 10(-3)-5.10(-2) M range.
  • (7) The most striking differences were observed on the factors: Psychopathic deviation, Mania, Schizophrenia greater than controls and social introversion lower than controls.
  • (8) A maximum deviation of approximately 10% was found.
  • (9) Deviations from isotropic motion observed for the non-aromatic moieties are discussed.
  • (10) The most substantial deviations between actual and theoretical osmolarity values occurred with the calcium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride and dextrose solutions.
  • (11) Deviations from Michealis-Menten kinetics in the pig-heart citrate synthase (citrate-oxaloacetate-lyase(pro-3S-CH2-COO-leads to acetyl-CoA), EC 4.1.3.7) system have been characterized and analyzed in view of the kinetic theory described in the preceding paper.
  • (12) Finally, the in vivo loss of cholesterol feedback control was found to occur in at least two minimal deviation hepatomas and in one highly malignant adenocarcinoma of hepatic origin.
  • (13) For data sampled at a high rate (approximately 200 Hz) pupil velocity deviations from zero can simply be used, giving a satisfactory inaccuracy of about 5 ms. For data sampled at a low rate (less than 50 Hz), e.g.
  • (14) Breakpoints and other deviations from a linear PPR over the whole ICP range are studied by the analysis of the transfer function.
  • (15) The three counties sampled showed surprisingly little deviation in the percentages of inventories suggesting alcohol production and in the preferences for specific types of drinks.
  • (16) The fraction of ligands that initially escaped into the solvent decreased when the temperature was lowered, and the Arrhenius plots for the rebinding rate coefficients were found to deviate significantly from linearity.
  • (17) The jaw deviated to the right when he opened his mouth fully.
  • (18) With the Cardiovascular Measurement System (CMS), 1 standard deviation for repeat measurements of minimum diameter increased from 0.087 mm (same frame to 0.240 mm (films one to 6 months apart).
  • (19) The standard deviations were greatest when the AI was near 50% and least when the AI was near 0% or 100%.
  • (20) Variability of basal blood flow in terms of standard deviations and in terms of coefficients of variation computed from duplicate determinations were significantly higher than for the other parameters and significantly more elevated in the forearm than in the calf.

Inconsistency


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility.
  • (n.) Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent.
  • (n.) Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness; changeableness; variableness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These data are inconsistent with an involvement of A-current reduction in LTP.
  • (2) Results were inconsistent with both the feature detector fatigue and response bias hypothesis.
  • (3) The lack of TBM prior to germinal center development and their absence in aged mice are inconsistent with the concept that TBM are required for the induction of the germinal center reaction.
  • (4) Moreover, it was more apparent in less differentiated tumors in which the granular pattern was often absent or inconsistent.
  • (5) Many governments try to protect their tax base through national blacklists based on criteria that are often unclear and inconsistently applied.
  • (6) Richard now is presented, albeit somewhat inconsistently, as evil in response to social ostracism because of his ugly deformities.
  • (7) It was concluded that 1) late ejection was quantitatively important to LV pumping, 2) behavior during late ejection was inconsistent with E(t)-R, and 3) ad hoc modification of E(t)-R models was not likely to yield LV pumping models that could satisfactorily reproduce instantaneous P(t) and Q(t) behavior over the entire ejection period.
  • (8) In these conditions the changes of the phrenic activity were weak and inconsistent.
  • (9) The only inconsistency in the mariner gene phylogeny is in the placement of the Zaprionus mariner sequence, which clusters with mariner from Drosophila teissieri and Drosophila yakuba in the melanogaster species subgroup.
  • (10) Meningococcal antisera raised against LPS from MGC A, B, and C also provided good protection against endotoxemia from the homologous capsular groups, but it was inconsistent against the heterologous serogroups.
  • (11) Twenty-three percent employed no birth control and 27 percent used diaphragms, the majority either inconsistently or incorrectly.
  • (12) Physicians are urged to reject involvement in rationing as inconsistent with their role as patient advocates and to support technology assessment, fee revisions, and more stringent self regulation as ways to discourage malpractice suits.
  • (13) The multiple reasons for an inconsistency of the epidemiological data are discussed.
  • (14) A 22 year old female-to-male half-Aboriginal transsexual had been exposed to gross neglect and violence, separation and inconsistent cultural supports during childhood.
  • (15) An algorithm is implemented to determine the form and phase shift for inconsistent type II quadrupoles for any space group having glide or screw-axis translations which are not a consequence of lattice centering.
  • (16) Defence lawyers contended that Saiful's testimony about the alleged sodomy, at a Kuala Lumpur condominium in 2008, was riddled with inconsistencies and the DNA evidence mishandled by investigators.
  • (17) In other words, absolute levels of these brain substances were inconsistent with respect to obesity across experiments.
  • (18) TGF-beta 1 regulated those differentiation markers of osteoblast phenotypes, although the effects were inconsistent depending on serum concentrations.
  • (19) These results are inconsistent with predictions of wavelength dependence inherent in recent theories of ocular scatter.
  • (20) The terminology of the pericardial sinuses and recesses has been inconsistent, and the authors propose a nomenclature for standardizing the names of the recesses of the serous pericardium.