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Synonyms for deviate

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for deviate

to turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct

to turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking

to change the direction or course of

one whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm

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Synonyms for deviate

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

be at variance with

cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

Related Words

markedly different from an accepted norm

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Two groups of specimens were tested where the main parameters are the span to depth ratios and number of deviators. It is worth to mention that the stress in external tendons increased as the number of deviators increased, especially beyond the cracking load, where the increase became larger as the loading was progressing to the yield and ultimate stages.
Multiplying and using relations [[epsilon].sup.[alpha].sub.[alpha] = 0 and [t.sup.[alpha].sub.[alpha]] = 0 from the definition of the strain and stress deviators, we obtain
In the model, both the absolute number and the proportion of the deviators among the related actors matter.
The later precedent is necessitated, as the church has been a known instrument of parallel ecclesiastical power and Inquisition against the errant and deviators. The Saudi system is similarly the special focus of reverence and fascination for our fundamentalist faithful.
However, a few of them--including the factories of well-heeled firms--also bear the brunt of figuring in the FDA's cGMP deviators' list.
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where [[sigma]'.sub.f] and [[sigma]'.sub.a] are the deviatoric Cauchy stress tensors in filled and void portion; T indicates the temperature value; and [[epsilon].sub.f] and [[epsilon].sub.a] are the equivalent values of shear rate deviators.
As was usual practice towards 'deviators', we were attacked with absurd defamations.
The SPLA soldiers, seeing the villagers as deviators, started an indiscriminate shooting.
For days after the rebels took over the mosque, the Saudi government's sole response was a four-sentence press communique that vaguely named the attackers "deviators" while falsely implying that the authorities had regained control of the mosque.
Even in the Muslim World, while a radical group of Muslims are either engaged in violent activities using the name of Islam or distorting the true Islamic teachings and injunctions in society, the moderate Muslims have continued to resist the traditionalists calling them deviators from the true path of Islam.
This prevents an increase in lever arm advantage for wrist flexor and ulnar deviators, leading to fewer problems with soft tissue balancing.