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Definition
difference
The exact meaning of variance is subject to its context. For example:
- "There is a huge variance in how people respond to the medication." — difference
- "50% of the variance is explained by genetics." — amount of difference
- "Her speech was at variance with her actions." — different than
- "Her speech was at variance from others." — different from
- "Their main points of variance..." — difference
- "There is little variance in quality." — difference between similar things
- Are you at variance with the Englishman?Chapters 69-70 (27% in)
- No, I repeat again, that nothing shall induce me to renew attempts evidently at variance with the Almighty's pleasure."Chapters 15-16 (79% in)
- "Listen," said Monte Cristo; "I have had little to do with it, for I am at variance both with the father-in-law and the young man; there is only Mademoiselle Eugenie, who appears but little charmed with the thoughts of matrimony, and who, seeing how little I was disposed to persuade her to renounce her dear liberty, retains any affection for me."Chapters 85-86 (4% in)
There are no more uses of "variance" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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