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Standard deviation

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-009190

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be close to the mean, while a high standard deviation suggests that the data points are spread out over a wider range. It is the square root of the variance.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-009190
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-009190",
  "term": "Standard deviation",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be close to the mean, while a high standard deviation suggests that the data points are spread out over a wider range. It is the square root of the variance.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/standard-deviation/"
}

Record 9,059 of 10,816 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.