Etymology

semivariance

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Today it means: A measure of the dispersion of those values that fall below the mean or target value of a data set Full definition →

English variance ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishvariance
  6. English todaysemivariance

From semi- + variance.

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