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
Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose
Moving from an anchor of a link to a place that is not an anchor of the same link For example, having traversed to an anchor, scrolling somewhere else would constitute departure Departure is always with respect to the link used to traverse to the anchor In particular, if two links share the same object as an anchor, following traversal to that object via the first link, traversal of the second link would constitute departure with respect to the first link
A timber sale level that deviates from sustainable sale levels through a planned temporary increase or decrease in the PSQ Must be economically and biologically justified
Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away
A judge can sentence a defendant to a term of imprisonment which is greater or lesser than the applicable sentencing range in the U S Sentencing Commission's sentencing guidelines if the judge concludes that a departure is appropriate A departure from the applicable sentencing range is permitted only when the judge finds that there is an aggravating or mitigating circumstance which the Sentencing Commission has not already considered in the guidelines
If someone does something different or unusual, you can refer to their action as a departure. Taylor announced another departure from practice in that England will train at Wembley = deviation
Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere. the President's departure for Helsinki They hoped this would lead to the departure of all foreign forces from the country The airline has more than 90 scheduled departures from here every day. arrival