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Definitions: Variance |
VarianceNoun1. 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 activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "variance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Variance \Va"ri*ance\, noun. [Latin expression variantia.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | In statistics, a measure of variability (or spread); the mean-square deviation from the mean, that is , the mean of the squares of the differences between individual values of x and the mean value . s = E[(x - )2] = E(x2) - 2where E denotes expected value. The positive square root s of the variance is called the standard deviation.Symbol s2. (references) |
Avian | A statistical measure of the dispersion of a set of values about its mean (Ricklefs 1979:881). (references) |
Biology & Biotechnology | The square of the mean scatter of a statistical population of numbers from the population mean. The square of the standard deviation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A measure of dispersion based on the mean squared deviation from the arithmetic mean. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Government permission for a delay or exception in the application of a given law, ordinance, or regulation. (references) |
Finance | A measure of dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Permission from an appropriate governing agency to not conform to specific construction codes, zoning regulations, or other prescribed restrictions concerning property use. (references) | |
Mathematics | The product of n/(n-1)and the arithmetic mean of the squares of the deviations from the arithmetic mean. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Variance : - it is a quadratic mean in the sense that it is the mean of the squares of variations from the arithmetic maean. - the coefficient of variation is the standard deviation of a distribution divided by the arithmetic mean. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Statistics | The(population)variance of a random variable is a non-negative number which gives an idea of how widely spread the values of the random variable are likely to be; the larger the variance, the more scattered the observations on average. Source: European Union. (references) |
| For a finite population or for a sample, the total of the squared deviations of each observation from the arithmetical mean divided by one less than the total number of observations. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A measure of variability; for a finite population or for a sample; it is the total of the squared deviations of each observation from the arithmetical mean divided by one less than the total number of observations. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| VAC | English | Variance at completion | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: VarianceSynonyms: disagreement (n), discrepancy (n), divergence (n), division (n), variability (n), variableness (n), variant (n), variation (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: invariability (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difference | Noun: difference; variance, variation, variety; diversity, dissimilarity; disagreement; disparity; (inequality); distinction, contradistinction; alteration. modification, permutation, moods and tenses. |
Disagreement | Out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element; at odds with, at variance with. |
Disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness; Adjective: variance, divergence, repugnance. | |
Adjective: disagreeing; Verb: discordant, discrepant; at variance, at war; hostile, antagonistic, repugnant, incompatible, irreconcilable, inconsistent with; unconformable, exceptional; intrusive, incongruous; disproportionate, disproportionated; inharmonious, unharmonious; inconsonant, unconsonant; divergent, repugnant to. | |
Discord | Variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism; (dissent); feud, faction. |
At odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words; up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water, embroiled. | |
Dissent | Adverb: no; at variance, at issue with; under protest. |
Enmity | Adjective: inimical, unfriendly, hostile; at enmity, at variance, at daggers drawn,at open war with; up in arms against; in bad odor with. |
Opposition | Adjective: opposing, opposed;Verb: adverse, antagonistic; contrary; at variance; at issue, at war with. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Jonathan Swift | Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This variance may contribute to the marked differences in appropriate prescribing practices. (references) | |
Intake and absorption account for only 25 percent of the variance in calcium balance, whereas urinary loss accounts for approximately 50 percent. (references) | ||
Newly implemented programs yielding results different from established findings should be carefully compared with original designs in order to explain the variance in outcomes. (references) | ||
Business | In other words, I assume that the structure of the variance in the industry's financials remains stable. (references) | |
The current policy of administrative price controls is at variance with achieving maximum efficiency through market-oriented reforms. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Libya | Islamic groups whose beliefs and practices are at variance with the state-approved teaching of Islam are banned. (references) |
Venezuela | The Minister of Education, Culture, and Sports hesitated over whether the Decree applied to private institutions as well as public schools and finally decided that it did not--thereby putting the Minister at variance with President Chavez. (references) | |
Vietnam | Both the Constitution and government decrees provide for freedom of worship; however, the Government continued to restrict significantly those organized activities of religious groups that it declared to be at variance with state laws and policies. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Dominican expropriation standards have historically been at variance with international norms. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Businesses often find that interpretation of laws by the Central Government is at variance with local governments'. (references) | |
Seychelles | Trade Regulations and Standards: Trade regulations are restrictive and many are at variance with World Trade Organization standards. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Variance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Variance" is used about 630 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 630 | 10,302 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "variance": a slight variance of opinion ♦ A variance ♦ analysis of variance ♦ at variance ♦ at variance with ♦ be at variance ♦ be at variance with ♦ be at variance with smb. ♦ Durbin's multistage variance estimator ♦ intraclass variance ♦ lumped variance test ♦ negative volume variance ♦ pooled estimate of the variance ♦ pooled variance ♦ set at variance ♦ unfavourable volume variance ♦ variance analysis ♦ variance of opinion ♦ variance ratio test. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "variance": variance-covariance. | |
Ending with "variance": mean-variance. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
variance | 102 |
deviation standard variance | 17 |
coefficient variance | 11 |
formula variance | 8 |
budget variance | 7 |
statistics variance | 7 |
statistical variance | 6 |
sample variance | 6 |
variance zoning | 6 |
calculate variance | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "variance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mospërputhje (clash, discrepancy, gap, incongruity, inconsistency), mosmarrëveshje (conflict, cross-purposes, disaccord, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, divergence, divergency, division, friction, incompliance, misunderstanding, strife), grindje (altercation, bickering, blowup, bobbery, brawl, breach, breeze, broil, contention, contest, disagreement, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, feud, fight, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, squabble, strife, wrangle). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرق (allot, apportion, be afraid, be scared, become afraid, deal out, difference, differentiate, diffuse, discrepancy, disperse, distinction, distribute, disunite, divide, give out, parcel out, part, scatter, section, separate, strew about), نزاع (contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, discordance, disputation, dispute, division, duel, embroilment, fray, odds, quarrel, question, row, spar, squall, strife, struggle, tangle, wont), تفاوت (contrast, difference, disparity, disproportion, inequality, vary), خلاف (clash, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disunion, disunity, division, friction, odds, quarrel, question, strife), إختلاف (difference, dissimilarity, distinction, divergence, diversity, otherness, schism, variation), إجازة (allowance, authorization, furlough, holiday, leave, permission, permissiveness, permit, rest, vacation, warrant, warranty). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спор (altercation, argument, argumentation, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, difference, ding-dong, disputation, dispute, dissension, fight, jar, polemic, rift, run in, strife, velitation, word, words), разногласие (difference, difficulty, disaccord, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunion, division, faction, issue), разлика (contradistinction, contrast, difference, distance, distinction, excess, inconformity, margin, odds, variation), вариране (fluctuation), отклонение от типа, отклонение от вида, несъгласие (clash, discord, discrepancy, disharmony, dissent, jar, non-compliance, odds, rent, split, unwillingness), несъответствие в показания, несъответствие в документи, промяна (alteration, change, chop, countermarch, innovation, mutation, permutation, reversal, sea change, shift, transition, transmutation, turn, turnover, variation), препирня (altercation, dissension, ruckus, ruction, spar, wrangle). (various references) | |
Chinese | 变化 (Diversities, Diversity, mutation, Transformative, Vary, Varying). (various references) | |
Czech | zmìna (alteration, amendment, break, change, changeover, mutation, relief, revision, shift, transformation, variation, vicissitude), rozpor (conflict, contradiction, contrariety, disagreement, discrepancy), rozdíl (deficiency, difference, differential, disparity, distinction, divide, excess, gulf, odds, variety), odchylka (aberration, deflection, deviance, deviation, divergence, divergency, irregularity). (various references) | |
Danish | varians, afvigelse (aberrance, aberration, bias, deflection, deflexion, departure, deviance, deviation, error, nonconformity, variation, violation). (various references) | |
Dutch | variantie. (various references) | |
Farsi | مغایرت (Aversion, Contrast, Odds, Repugnance), ناسازگاری (Antipathy, Aversion, Conflict, Discord, Incoherence, Incompatibility, Incongruity, Inconsistency, Inconvenience, Intransigeance, Repugnance), عدم توافق (Discordance, Disparity, Maladjustment, Odds), اختلاف (Cross, Difference, Discord, Discrepancy, Disparity, Dissension, Friction, Inequality, Quarrel, Schism, Variation, Versatility). (various references) | |
Finnish | varianssi. (various references) | |
French | variance (empiric variance, variance of a random variable or of a probability distribution). (various references) | |
German | Veränderung (about-face, alteration, change, conversion, degradation, diversification, drift, modification, mutation, transformation, variation), Abweichung (aberrance, aberration, abnormality, anomaly, azimuth, declination, deflection, departure, deviance, deviant, deviation, difference, differentiation, discrepancy, dissent, divergence, drift, excursion, mismatch, slip, systematic variation, tolerance, variation). (various references) | |
Greek | διακύμανση (fluctuation, jitter, pulsation, pulse jitter, range, ripple), διασπορά (diaspora, dispersal, dispersion, dissemination, distribution, scatter, spread, spreading, stray), διαφωνία (argument, cross-talk, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, exchange, non conformity), διαφορά (contrast, difference, differentiation, discrepancy, odds, set difference, sundries, variant, variation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחלוקת (altercation, contention, controversy, disagreement, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, division, polemics, quarrel), שו י (difference, disparity, variation), שו ות (difference, divergence, sundries). (various references) | |
Hungarian | variancia, eltérés (aberration, deflection, deflexion, deviation, difference, digression, discrepancy, divergence, divergency, diversion, margin, out of alignment, precession, variation). (various references) | |
Icelandic | ósammála (at variance, disagreeing), ósáttur (at variance, disagreeing). (various references) | |
Italian | varianza (mean square deviation). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 分散 (decentralization, dispersion). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶ"さ" (decentralization, dispersion, distribution). (various references) | |
Korean | 차이. (various references) | |
Manx | streeu (altercate; striving, altercation, conflict, contend, contention, contest, cope, disagree, discord, disputation, encounter, endeavour, flare up, scuffle, squabble, strife, strive), meechoardailys (clashing, disagreeableness, disagreement, discord, dissent, imcompatibility). (various references) | |
Norwegian | uenig (at variance, disagreeing). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ariancevay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | variabilidade (variability), variação (change, change over, cross-joint, fluctuation, mismatch, range, rat, rate, shift, variation, variety), variância (mean square deviation), mudança (alteration, change, change over, clabber, conversion, displacement, doffing, move, mutation, phase, shift, switch over, transference, transformation, transition, turn, variation, veering, vicissitude), divergência (contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, discrepant, dispart, dissemblance, dissent, dissident, dissonant, divarication, divergency, divergent, earmark, impark), discrepância (discrepance, discrepancy, unconformity), desconformidade, desavença (disaffection, disagreement, estrangement, miff, quarrel), desacordo (contrariety, deviation, difference, difficulties, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordant, dissemblance, friction tape, unconformity). (various references) | |
Romanian | variaţie a temperaturii, schimbare (about-face, alteration, change, changeableness, chop, conversion, exchange, fluctuation, modification, mutability, mutation, novelty, passage, shift, transformation, unsteadiness, vacillation, variability, variation), diversitate (diversity, manifold, variety), divergenţã (divergence, divergency, friction), dezunire (dissension, disunion), dezacord (contrariety, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dissension, dissidence, dissonance, divergence, divergency, division, jar, misunderstanding, odds, split). (various references) | |
Russian | расхождение (cleavage, contrariety, disaccord, divergence, divergency, diversification, jarring), разногласие (difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissidence, division), отклонение от типа, несоответствие (disagreement, discomformity, disconformity, discrepancy, disharmony, disparity, inapplicability, inaptitude, incongruity, ineptitude, unconformity), изменение (alteration, amendment, change, change over, movement, mutation, permutation, reversal, variation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | variranje (variation), varijacija (variation). (various references) | |
Spanish | varianza (mean square deviation), variante (alternative, by-pass, combination, detour, diversion, option, temporary diversion, variant), diferencia (contrariness, contrast, difference, discrepancy, discrimination, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diversification, diversity, gap, set difference), desviación cuadrática media (mean square deviation), desacuerdo (clash, difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord), de diferencia (differential), de desacuerdo. (various references) | |
Swedish | variation (fluctuation, variation, variety), varians, motsättning (antagonism, contraposition, disagreement, divergence, divergency, opposition). (various references) | |
Turkish | varyans, değişiklik (alteration, change, chopping, diversification, innovation, kink, modification, recast, shift, variegation, variety, vicissitude), ayrılı. (various references) | |
Ukranian | суперечка (beef, contest, controversy, debate, disagreement, ergotism, spar, sparring, tussle, words), розбіжність (clash, contrariety, discordance, dissimilarity, disunion, division, jarring), зміна (alteration, alternation, casting, change, mutation, relay, revolution, shift, spell, take over, turnover). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự mâu thuẫn sự xích mích, sự không ăn khớp (cacophony), sự không đi đôi, sự khác nhau (difference, disagreement, discrepancy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hlqon gar dicasai anqrwpon kata tou patroV autou kai qugatera kata thV mhtroV authV kai numfhn kata thV penqeraV authV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Veni enim separare hominem adversus patrem suum et filiam adversus matrem suam et nurum adversus socrum suam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ich com soðlice man äsundrian on-genhis fæder. & dohter on-gen hyra moder. & snore on-gean hire swegre. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For Y cam to departe a man ayens his fadir, and the douytir ayens hir modir, and the sones wijf ayens the housbondis modir; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For I am come to set a man at varyaunce ageynst hys father and the doughter ageynst hyr mother and the doughterlawe ageynst her motherlawe: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 35 |
| Bulgarian | Защото дойдох да настроя човек против баща му, дъщеря против майка й, и снаха против свекърва й; |
| Cebuano | Kay mianhi ako sa pagpahimutang sa tawo aron makigbingkil siya batok sa iyang amahan, ug sa anak nga babaye batok sa iyang inahan, ug sa binalaye batok sa iyang ugangang babaye; |
| Chinese | 為 我 來 、 是 叫 人 與 父 親 " 疏 、 女 ' 與 母 親 " 疏 、 媳 婦 與 婆 婆 " 疏 ． |
| Croatian | Ta došao sam rastaviti èovjeka od oca njegova i kæer od majke njezine i snahu od svekrve njezine; |
| Danish | Thi jeg er kommen før at volde Splid imellem en Mand og hans Fader og imellem en Datter og hendes Moder og imellem en Svigerdatter og hendes Svigermoder, |
| Dutch | Want Ik ben gekomen, om den mens tweedrachtig te maken tegen zijn vader, en de dochter tegen haar moeder, en de schoondochter tegen haar schoonmoeder. |
| Finnish | Sillä minä olen tullut `nostamaan pojan riitaan isäänsä vastaan ja tyttären äitiänsä vastaan ja miniän anoppiansa vastaan; |
| French | Car je suis venu mettre la division entre l`homme et son père, entre la fille et sa mère, entre la belle-fille et sa belle-mère; |
| German | Denn ich bin gekommen, den Menschen zu erregen gegen seinen Vater und die Tochter gegen ihre Mutter und die Schwiegertochter gegen ihre Schwiegermutter. |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen vin mete divizyon ant pitit gason ak papa yo, ant pitit fi ak manman yo, ant bèlfi ak bèlmè yo. |
| Hungarian | Mert azért jöttem, hogy meghasonlást támaszszak az ember és az õ atyja, a leány és az õ anyja, a meny és az õ napa közt; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Aku datang menyebabkan anak laki-laki melawan bapaknya, anak perempuan melawan ibunya, dan menantu perempuan melawan ibu mertuanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena Aku datang menceraikan orang dengan bapanya, dan anak yang perempuan dengan ibunya, dan menantu yang perempuan dengan mak mentuanya; |
| Italian | Sono venuto infatti a separare la nuora dalla suocera: |
| Korean | 내 가 온 것 은 사 람 이 그 아 비 와, " 이 어 미 와, 며 느 리 가 시 어 미 와 불 " 하 게 하 함 이 니 |
| Latvian | Jo es nâcu ðíirt dçlu no viòa tçva, meitu no viòas mâtes un vedeklu no viòas vîramâtes. |
| Manx Gaelic | Son ta mish er jeet dy scarrey dooinney veih e ayr, as yn inneen veih e moir, as y ven-chleuin veih e moir-'sy-leigh |
| Maori | I haere mai hoki ahau ki te mea i te tangata kia whawhai ki tona papa, i te tamahine ki tona whaea, i te hunaonga wahine ki tona hungawai wahine: |
| Modern Greek | "ιοτι ηλθον να διαχωρισω ανθρωπον κατα του πατρος αυτου και θυγατερα κατα της μητρος αυτης και νυμφην κατα της πενθερας αυτης· |
| Norwegian | For jeg er kommet for å sette splid mellem en mann og hans far, og mellem en datter og hennes mor, og mellem en svigerdatter og hennes svigermor, |
| Portuguese | Porque eu vim pôr em dissensão o homem contra seu pai, a filha contra sua mãe, e a nora contra sua sogra; |
| Rumanian | Cqci am venit sq despart pe fiu de tatql squ, pe fiicq de mamq-sa, wi pe norq de soacrq-sa. |
| Russian | Й'П с ТЙЫЕМ ТБЪ"ЕМЙФШ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ У ПФ"ПН ЕЗП, Й "ПЮШ У НБФЕТША ЕЕ, Й ОЕЧЕУФЛХ УП УЧЕЛТПЧША ЕЕ. |
| Shuar | Shuar ni Aparín nakitrattawai. Nuwasha Nukurín nakitrattawai. Najatísha Tsatsarín nakitrattawai. |
| Spanish | Porque yo he venido para poner en disensión al hombre contra su padre, a la hija contra su madre y a la nuera contra su suegra. |
| Swahili | Maana nimekuja kuleta mafarakano kati ya mtu na baba yake, kati ya binti na mama yake, kati ya mkwe na mkwe wake. |
| Swedish | Ja, jag har kommit för att uppväcka söndring, så att 'sonen sätter sig upp mot sin fader och dottern mot sin moder och sonhustrun mot sin svärmoder, |
| Thai | เรามาเพื่อจะให้ลูกชายหมางใจกับบิ"าของตน และลูกสาวหมางใจกับมาร"าและลูกสะใ ้หมางใจกับแม่สามี |
| Ukrainian | Я ж прийшов порізнити чоловіка з батьком його, дочку з її матір'ю, і невістку з свекрухою її. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "variance": variances. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "variance": covariance, invariance. (additional references) | |
Words containing "variance": covariances, invariances. (additional references) | |
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"Variance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Avianca, dvoryane, varence, variancy, varience, varpack. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "variance" (pronounced ve"rēuns) |
| 7 | v e" r ē u n s | invariance. |
| 5 | -r ē u n s | experience, inexperience. |
| 4 | -ē u n s | ambiance, ambience, audience, dalliance, deviance, disobedience, expedience, obedience, prescience, radiance, resilience, subservience, transience. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-n-r-v" | |
-1 letter: acarine, avarice, carinae, caviare. | |
-2 letters: acinar, arcane, arnica, carina, carnie, carven, cavern, caviar, crania, craven, naiver, ravine, vainer. | |
-3 letters: acari, aecia, aiver, anear, areca, areic, arena, avian, cairn, caner, carve, caver, cavie, ceria, crane, crave, erica, invar, nacre, naevi, naira, naive, naric, navar, nicer, rance, raven, ravin, riven, varia, varna, vicar, vinca. | |
-4 letters: acne, acre, airn, area, aria, aver, cain, cane, care, carn, cave, cine, cire, earn, narc, nave, near, nevi, nice, race, raia, rain, rani, rave, rein, rice, rive, vain, vair, vane, vara, vein, vena, vera, vice, vier, vina, vine. | |
-5 letters: ace, ain, air, ana, ane, ani, arc, are, ava, ave, can, car, ear, era, ern, ice, ire, nae, ran, rec, rei, rev, ria, rin, vac, van, var, via, vie. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-n-r-v" | |
+1 letter: variances. | |
+2 letters: cadaverine, covariance, invariance, vacationer, vagrancies, vicariance. | |
+3 letters: acriflavine, cadaverines, carminative, cavaliering, covariances, invariances, revaccinate, vacationers, vicariances. | |
+4 letters: acriflavines, anticreative, caravanserai, carminatives, clairvoyance, coacervation, reactivating, reactivation, revaccinated, revaccinates, unattractive. | |
+5 letters: caravansaries, caravanserais, clairvoyances, coacervations, galvanometric, overbalancing, overpackaging, prevaricating, prevarication, prevocational, ratiocinative, reactivations, revaccinating, revaccination, valedictorian, vernacularism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 72 69 61 6E 63 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-. .. .- -. -.-. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a r i a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 0072 0069 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5667847567806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Bible Trace 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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