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Anomaly

Anomaly Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Anomaly? [n] (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) [n] a person who is unusual [n] deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule Synonyms \| Synonyms for Anomaly: anomalousness \| unusual person Related Terms \| Find terms related to Anomaly: aberrance \| aberrancy \| aberration \| abnormality \| abnormity \| amorphism \| anomalism \| anomalousness \| conceit \| conversation piece \| crackpotism \| crank \| crankiness \| crankism \| crosspatch \| crotchet \| crotchetiness \| curio \| curiosity \| derangement \| deviancy \| deviation \| difference \| differentness \| divergence \| dottiness \| eccentricity \| erraticism \| erraticness \| exception \| freak \| freakiness \| freakishness \| heteromorphism \| idiocrasy \| idiosyncrasy \| improbability \| impropriety \| inadmissibility \| inapplicability \| inappositeness \| inappropriateness \| inaptitude \| inaptness \| individualist \| infelicity \| inferiority \| inner-directed person \| irregularity \| irrelevance \| irrelevancy \| kink \| maggot \| maladjustment \| mannerism \| mesalliance \| misalliance \| misfit \| misjoinder \| misjoining \| mismatch \| monstrosity \| museum piece \| naysayer \| nonconformist \| nonconformity \| nonesuch \| oddball \| oddity \| peculiarity \| prodigiosity \| prodigy \| queerness \| quip \| quirk \| quirkiness \| rarity \| singularity \| sport \| strange thing \| strangeness \| subnormality \| superiority \| teratism \| trick \| twist \| uncongeniality \| unconventionality \| unfitness \| unnaturalism \| unnaturalness \| unsuitability \| whim \| whimsicality \| whimsy See Also \| aberrant \| abnormal condition \| abnormalcy \| abnormality \| albino \| anachronism \| automaton \| behemoth \| birth defect \| colossus \| congenital abnormality \| congenital anomaly \| congenital defect \| congenital disorder \| eccentric \| eccentric person \| geek \| giant \| goliath \| human \| individual \| Jekyll and Hyde \| kook \| misfit \| monster \| mortal \| odd fellow \| odd fish \| odd man out \| oddball \| person \| place \| position \| queer bird \| queer duck \| rara avis \| rare bird \| somebody \| someone \| soul \| transsexual \| ugly duckling \| zombi \| zombie Anomaly In Webster's Dictionary \Anom"aly\, n.; pl. {Anomalies}. [L. anomalia, Gr. ?. See {Anomalous}.] 1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men. --Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. --Darwin. 2. (Astron.) (a) 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. (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet. 3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.

Anomaly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anomaly?

[n] (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
[n] a person who is unusual
[n] deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anomaly: anomalousness | unusual person

Anomaly In Webster's Dictionary

\A*nom"a*ly\, n.; pl. {Anomalies}. [L. anomalia, Gr. ?.
See {Anomalous}.]
1. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything
   anomalous.

         We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the
         various anomalies and contending principles that are
         found in the minds and affairs of men. --Burke.

         As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater
         anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.
                                               --Darwin.

2. (Astron.)
   (a) 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.
   (b) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the
       motion of a planet.

3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential
   characteristics of a specific type.

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