variance

S2 W2

in Vietnamese Khác biệt ý kiến, bất đồng见解分歧

BrE /ˈvɛːrɪəns/ AmE /ˈveriəns/

noun en → vi

1 DISAGREEMENT [uncountable] B2

Khác biệt ý kiến, bất đồng见解分歧

a difference of opinion or a disagreement between people

  • there is variance over something

Collocations variance of opinion · resolve a variance

  • There was some variance among the committee members.

    Các thành viên trong ban đã có sự khác biệt ý kiến.

2 VARIATION [uncountable] B2

Sự khác biệt, sự biến đổi

the quality or state of being different from something else; a difference in characteristics between similar things

  • a variance between two things

Collocations variance in data · allow for variance

  • There is a large variance in the quality of products.

    Chất lượng sản phẩm có sự khác biệt lớn.

3 LEGAL [countable] C1

Sự cho phép ngoại lệ, giấy phép đặc biệt

a formal permission to do something that is not allowed by official rules or regulations

  • apply for a variance

Collocations building variance · obtain a variance

  • The company applied for a variance to build on the land.

    Công ty đã xin giấy phép ngoại lệ để xây dựng trên mảnh đất đó.

4 STATISTICS [uncountable] C1

Độ biến thiên, độ lệch chuẩn bình phương

a measure of how spread out numbers are; the square of the standard deviation

  • calculate variance

Collocations sample variance · population variance

  • The variance of the test scores was quite high.

    Độ biến thiên của điểm kiểm tra khá cao.