simpangan
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /simˈpaŋan/ [simˈpa.ŋan]
- Rhymes: -aŋan
- Syllabification: sim‧pa‧ngan
Noun
simpangan
- (uncountable) deviation (the act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road)
- Synonym: (technical) deviasi
- (statistics) deviation (for interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean)
- Synonym: (technical) deviasi
- (countable, informal) a deviated path
- crossroad, junction
Derived terms
- simpangan baku (“standard deviation”)
- simpangan mutlak (“absolute derivation”)
- simpangan radial (“radial deviation”)
- simpangan rata-rata (“average deviation”)
Further reading
- “simpangan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.