/ Dictionary / Index S standard deviation: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: stand'ard devia'tion Pronunciation: [key] — Statistics. Statistics. a measure of dispersion in a frequency distribution, equal to the square root of the mean of the squares of the deviations from the arithmetic mean of the distribution. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. standard cost standard dollar Related Content Daily Word Quiz: spectral Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language