poikkeama

poiketa (“to deviate”) +‎ -ma

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoi̯kːeɑmɑ/, [ˈpo̞i̯kːe̞ˌɑ̝mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): poik‧ke‧a‧ma

poikkeama

1. deviation, aberration (state or result of having deviated, e.g. from a path or a procedure)

   Ilmoita poikkeamasta ― Report a deviation

   1. anomaly (any event, big or small, out of the ordinary)
   2. (aviation) deviation (from the route)
   3. (aviation) diversion, unscheduled landing (unscheduled landing, possibly back to its departure airport, the cause of which is not severe enough to be an emergency landing)

      Coordinate terms: hätälasku, pakkolasku

   4. aberration (minor or temporary mental disorder)

      Synonym: aberraatio

   5. (optics) aberration (convergence to different foci)

      Synonym: aberraatio

   6. (medicine) aberration (deviation from normal range)

      Synonym: aberraatio

2. deviation (amount or extent deviated)
   1. (mathematics, statistics) deviation (measure of difference between the observed value and the mean)
   2. (ballistics) deviation (hortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts)
   3. deflection (deviation of a needle)

      Synonym: ero

• “poikkeama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03