simpangan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed simpang + -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪm.ˈpaŋ.an/
  • Rhymes: -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: sim‧pang‧an

Noun

simpangan (plural simpangan-simpangan, first-person possessive simpanganku, second-person possessive simpanganmu, third-person possessive simpangannya)

  1. deviation:
    1. The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road. A departure from the correct way of acting.
    2. (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
      Synonyms: سيسيهن, sisihan (Standard Malay)
  2. (optics) deflection: the change in direction of a light beam.
  3. (anatomy) junction: a place where two things meet.

Derived terms

  • rata-rata simpangan
  • sudut simpangan

Further reading

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