Anomaly

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  • noun. Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
  • noun. One that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify.
  • noun. The angular deviation, as observed from the sun, of a planet from its perihelion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In meteorology, the amount by which a given observed quantity is greater or less than an assumed ideal or normal value; a departure.
  • noun. Deviation from the common rule or analogy; something abnormal or irregular.
  • noun. In astronomy, an angular quantity defining the position of a point in a planetary orbit, taken to increase in the direction of planetary motion.
  • noun. In music, a small deviation from a perfect interval in tuning instruments with fixed notes; a temperament.
  • noun. In mod. astron., the angle at the sun between perihelion and the place of a planet.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.
  • noun. The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
  • noun. Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.
  • noun. Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
  • noun. Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
  • noun. Any of various angular distances.
  • noun. A defect or malformation.
  • noun. A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
  • noun. An irregularity or disproportion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
  • noun. deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
  • noun. a person who is unusual
  • Word Usage
    "There have been 24 convictions in three years of focused investigation, hence the term anomaly rather than problem."
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