diversion deviation digression deflection deflexion divagation | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern), a diversion from the main highway, a digression into irrelevant details, a deflection from his goal |
deviation deviance | deviate behavior |
air hole | a hole that allows the passage of air |
Black Hole of Calcutta | a dungeon ( feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula, the next morning only were still alive |
bore bore-hole drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
buttonhole button hole | a hole through which buttons are pushed |
defensive structure defense defence | a structure used to defend against attack, the artillery battered down the defenses |
ear hole | a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears |
finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger |
finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument, pitch changes when a finger covers it |
foxhole fox hole | a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire |
funk hole | dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk) |
glory hole lazaretto | a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship |
hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something |
hole golf hole | one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course, he played holes |
hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
lubber's hole | hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds |
maximum and minimum thermometer | thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time |
megalith megalithic structure | memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) |
mouth hole | a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth |
nail hole | a hole left after a nail is removed |
posthole post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
shot hole | drill hole for a charge of an explosive |
smoke hole | a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape |
sound hole | a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones |
structure construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
supporting structure | a structure that serves to support something |
vent venthole vent-hole blowhole | a hole for the escape of gas or air |
deviation | the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances |
structure | the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, artists must study the structure of the human body, the structure of the benzene molecule |
deflection deflexion bending | the property of being bent or deflected |
windage wind deflection | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind |
utmost uttermost maximum level best | the greatest possible degree, he tried his utmost |
body organic structure physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being), he felt as if his whole body were on fire |
structure anatomical structure complex body part bodily structure body structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing, he has good bone structure |
tube tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
trap cakehole hole maw yap gob | informal terms for the mouth |
vascular structure | a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels |
muscular structure musculature muscle system | the muscular system of an organism |
neural structure | a structure that is part of the nervous system |
cartilaginous structure | body structure given shape by cartilage |
horny structure unguis | any rigid body structure composed primarily of keratin |
skeletal structure | any structure created by the skeleton of an organism |
structure | the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations, his lectures have no structure |
data structure | (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer) |
hierarchical structure hierarchical data structure | a structure of data having several levels arranged in a treelike structure |
deviation | the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function |
mean deviation mean deviation from the mean | the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution |
standard deviation | the square root of the variance |