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# variance

noun (variance)

«variance» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Variance is difference or disagreement. The phrase «at variance» means not in agreement with someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variance/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, people are at variance with their friends, their country or themselves

### Examples

- The two brothers were at variance over the gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variance/#x1)
- His words are at variance with his actions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variance/#x2)
- The man was at variance with himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variance/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; in statistics variance measures how far numbers spread, which is beyond this dictionary

## In Jewish tradition

in tales, people are at variance with their friends, their country or themselves

### Examples

- This is at variance with tlie Sefer Yetzirah, which emphasizes the doctrine of creation from nothing by the statement: "He (Godi formed existence out of void, something out of nothing" (Mishnah '22i. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/variance/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; in statistics variance measures how far numbers spread, which is beyond this dictionary

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «variance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«variance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/variance.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «variance» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/variance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«variance» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/variance.html) on Mova free.