standard deviation

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Synonyms: standard deviations

Antonyms: standard deviations

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|statistics}} A measure of how [[spread]] out data values are around the [[mean]], defined as the [[square root]] of the [[variance]]. Represented with the Greek letter {{m|mul|σ|pos=sigma}}.

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