standard deviation

A quick way to see how much a set of datapoints deviates from their own average, where the points that lie farthest away, have the most weight, because the differences are squared.

Standard Deviation: "The sum of the differences from the average squared"

by lacrlourles November 23, 2015

standard deviation

a sexual fetish that was previously considered perverse but is now commonplace

Bondage and foot fetishes are standard deviations

by mandingoe September 24, 2004

Standard Gossard Deviation

The point in time when although things are working fine a complete system restart has occured

Them: How'd things go last night during registration?

Me: Well as you can see by this graph, thigs were working but here you see the standard gossard deviation, then it was busy again.

Them: What an idiot!

by justsomeahole January 30, 2012

Standard Deviation

In Finance, a higher standard deviation means the returns are more spread out, but a lower standard deviation means the returns are more consistent or stable.

"Last year, Stock A had a standard deviation of 10%, which means its price fluctuated by about 10% from the average return"

by Willow Terry January 27, 2025