1. noun
...Walton has suggested that it is desirable "to name the phenomena signs of deviation, and call their possessors deviates or a deviate as the case may be...
b) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
Under these conditions the person who appears as a deviate is a deviate only because we have chosen, somewhat arbitrarily, to call him a member of the court ...
2. verb
Hes deviating from the course. Follow him!
His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from local censorship norms.
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