deviating from the common rule
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Deviation of the compass — deviation de vi*a tion, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d[ e]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Deviation of the line of the vertical — deviation de vi*a tion, n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d[ e]viation.] 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Government procurement in the United States — is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting, but is subject to special laws and regulation as described below. Persons entering into commercial contracts are pretty much free to do anything that they can agree on. Each… … Wikipedia
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Heteroclite — Het er*o*clite, n. 1. (Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anomalous — I adjective aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic, atypical, awry, breaking with tradition, deranged, deviating from the common rule, deviative, disarranged, disjunct, dislocated, disordered, disorganized, divergent, eccentric, erratic, in disorder, in … Law dictionary
anomalous — /əˈnɒmələs/ (say uh nomuhluhs) adjective deviating from the common rule, type, or form; abnormal; irregular. {Latin anōmalus, from Greek anōmalos irregular} –anomalously, adverb –anomalousness, noun …