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Perturbation

Perturbation Meaning & Definition
Perturbation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perturbation?

[n] the act of causing disorder
[n] a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
[n] activity that is an intrusion or interruption; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
[n] (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
[n] an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perturbation: disruption | disturbance | disturbance | fluster | upset

Related Terms | Find terms related to Perturbation: ado | aggravation | agitation | all-overs | angst | animation | anxiety | anxiety hysteria | anxiety neurosis | anxious bench | anxious concern | anxious seat | anxiousness | apprehension | apprehensiveness | arousal | arousing | baffle | bafflement | befuddlement | bewilderment | bluster | bobbery | boil | boiling | bother | botheration | brouhaha | bustle | cankerworm of care | care | chaos | chills of fear | churn | cloud | cold creeps | cold shivers | cold sweat | commotion | concern | concernment | confoundment | confusion | conturbation | convulsion | creeps | daze | derangement | dilemma | disarrangement | disarray | disarticulation | discombobulation | discomfiture | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertedness | disconcertion | disconcertment | disharmony | dishevelment | disintegration | disjunction | dislocation | disorder | disorderliness | disorganization | disorientation | disproportion | disquiet | disquietude | disruption | distress | disturbance | dread | ebullience | ebullition | eddy | effervescence | electrification | embarrassment | embroilment | enigma | entropy | exacerbation | exasperation | excitation | excitement | exhilaration | fear | fear and trembling | feery-fary | ferment | fermentation | fever | feverishness | fidgets | fix | flap | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | flutteration | fog | foment | fomentation | foreboding | forebodingness | frenzy | fuddle | fuddlement | fume | fuss | galvanization | goose bumps | gooseflesh | haphazardness | haze | heartquake | horripilation | hubbub | hurly-burly | hurry | hurry-scurry | incitement | incoherence | indiscriminateness | inflammation | infuriation | inharmonious harmony | inquietude | insanity | irregularity | irritation | jam | jimjams | jitters | jumble | jumpiness | lathering up | maelstrom | malaise | maze | mess | misarrangement | misgiving | mist | moil | most admired disorder | muddle | muddlement | mystery | nerviness | nervous tension | nervousness | nonplus | nonsymmetry | nonuniformity | overanxiety | palpitation | pell-mell | perplexity | pickle | pins and needles | plight | pother | predicament | problem | promiscuity | promiscuousness | provocation | pucker | puzzle | puzzlement | quaking | quandary | quiver of terror | randomness | restlessness | riddle | roil | rout | row | ruffle | scrape | seethe | seething | shivers | shuffle | shuffling | solicitude | steaming up | stew | stimulation | stimulus | stir | stirring | stirring up | strain | suspense | sweat | swirl | swirling | swivet | tension | thrill of fear | tizzy | to-do | trepidation | trepidity | trouble | tumult | tumultuation | turbidity | turbulence | turmoil | twitter | unassuredness | unease | uneasiness | unquietness | unrest | unsettlement | unsymmetry | ununiformity | uproar | upset | vexation | vortex | whipping up | whirl | working up | yeastiness | zeal

See Also | activity | agitation | bother | breakdown | discomposure | dislocation | disturbance | fuss | hassle | influence | magnetic storm | surprisal | surprise | trouble | variation

Perturbation In Webster's Dictionary

\Per`tur*ba"tion\, n. [L. perturbatio: cf. F. perturbation.] 1. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind. 2. (Astron.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other. --Newcomb.

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