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deviational

deviational adjective: of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation.

Adjective

deviational (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation.
    • The verbs which diner in the perfect and the supine may be called deviational, as in a marked way deviating (de, from, and via, a way) from the ordinary forms, and those that are without certain parts may be termed defective (de, from, and facio, I make).1856, John R. Beard, “Lessons in Latin”, in The Popular Educator, volume 2, page 70

Origin of deviational

From deviation + -al.

Questions about deviational

What does deviational mean?
Deviational means of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation.
What part of speech is deviational?
Deviational is an adjective.

Words near deviational in the dictionary

  1. deviateth
  2. deviating
  3. deviation
  4. deviation ratio
  5. deviation ratios
  6. deviational
  7. deviationism
  8. deviationisms
  9. deviationist
  10. deviationists
  11. deviations

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