To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
Noun
An act or instance of wandering.
The situation where a value or signal etc. deviates from the correct or normal value.
Origin
From Middle English wandren, wandrien, from Old English wandrian, from Proto-Germanic *wandrōną, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ-, equivalent to wend + -er. Cognate with Scots wander, German wandern, Swedish vandra.
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