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anom·a·ly
\əˈnäməlē, -li\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin anomalia, from Greek anōmalia, from anōmalos + -ia
1. : the state or fact of being out of place, out of true, or out of a normal or expected position : inequality, unevenness: as
a. : the angular distance of a planet from its perihelion as seen from the sun
b.
(1) : the difference between the mean of any meteorological element or phase of that element over a given time at a particular place and the mean of the same element or phase over the same time for all other points on the same parallel of latitude
(2) : the difference between the current value of a meteorological element and its long-term average
c. : a deviation of optical properties of a crystal from its apparent symmetry as expressed in its external form — usually used in the phrase optical anomaly
2. : deviation from the common rule : irregularity
< that supreme triumph of British anomaly, the unreformed House of Lords — R.W.Chapman >
3. : something anomalous : something irregular or abnormal: as
a. : a word form, set of inflectional forms, construction, or idiom analogous to few or no others (as the conjugation of the verb to be or stood, past tense of stand)
b. biology : a deviation in excess of normal variation from the form characteristic of a natural group
c. geology : a local departure from the general regional conditions (as of gravity, magnetism, radioactivity, or topography)
4. : something out of keeping especially with established or accepted notions of fitness or order
< her religion was no anomaly but perfectly natural — George Santayana > |