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    [Noun]  | "var*i*ance" | \ ˈver-ē-ən(t)s \


    1: the fact, quality, or state of being variable or variant : difference, variation

    2: the fact or state of being in disagreement : dissension, dispute

    3: a disagreement between two parts of the same legal proceeding that must be consonant


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English variaunce "change, variety, discrepancy," borrowed from Anglo-French variance, borrowed from Latin variantia, "diversity, variety," from variant-, varians {see: |variant:1|variant:1} + -ia {see: |-ia:1|-ia:1};

    [Noun phrase]  | "analysis of variance" 


    1: analysis of variation in an experimental outcome and especially of a statistical variance in order to determine the contributions of given factors or variables to the variance


    Origin: 1918 ;

    [Noun]  | "variance" 


    1: a lack of agreement or harmony;


      * e.g., " ... persistent variance within the rock band eventually caused it to break up "





    [Phrase]  | "at variance" 


    1: not being in agreement or harmony;


      * e.g., " ... The final price was at variance with what we had been quoted. "





     [ "variance" ]

    1: a. The act of varying.

      * e.g.,  ... Firmly resolved, after putting his affairs in order in the regiment, to retire from the army and return and marry Sonya, Nicholas, serious, sorrowful, and at variance with his parents, but, as it seemed to him, passionately in love, left at the beginning of January to rejoin his regiment. 


     [ "variance" ]

    2: b. The state or quality of being variant or variable; a variation.

      * e.g.,  ... War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo 


     [ "variance" ]

    3: c. A difference between what is expected and what actually occurs.


     [ "variance" ]

    4:  The state or fact of differing or of being in conflict.

     [ "Known Variance Reconciled (KVR)" ]

    1:  Variance that is reconciled

      * e.g.,  ... I see a $10,000 variance. Its definitely a known variance reconciled (KVR). I don't know what it relates to so let's KVR it. 


     [ "Known Variance Reconciled (KVR)" ]

    2:  Variance that is known and reconciled


     [ "Known Variance Reconciled (KVR)" ]

    3:  Known variance just because


     [ "Known Variance Reconciled (KVR)" ]

    4:  Known variance because we know it is a variance


     [ "Known Variance Reconciled (KVR)" ]

    5:  Known variance that will not be resolved


     [ "Known Variance Reconciled (KVR)" ]

    6:  Variance that is know and reconciled, however not sure what to do with the variance or clear.

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