departure

B1
Pronunciation
/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of departing or something that has departed.

Example Sentences
  • The departure was scheduled for noon.
2 Definition

A deviation from a plan or procedure.

Example Sentences
  • There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
3 Definition

A death.

4 Definition

The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.

5 Definition

The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.

Example Sentences
  • The area is computed by latitudes and departures.
6 Definition

The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another.

7 Definition

Division; separation; putting away.