TIA's Glossary of Telecommunication Terms
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root-mean-square (rms) deviation
A single quantity, 
rms, characterizing a function, f (x ), given by 
Note: The term "rms deviation" is also used in probability and statistics, where the normalization, M 0, is unity. Here, the term is used in a more general sense.