Definitions for anomaly
əˈnɒm ə lianom·a·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. anomaly, anomalousnessnoun

   deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

2. anomaly, unusual personnoun

   a person who is unusual

3. anomalynoun

   (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anomalynoun

   A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.

2. anomalynoun

   Something or someone that is strange or unusual.

   He is an anomaly among his friends.

3. anomalynoun

   Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.

4. anomalynoun

   Any of various angular distances.

5. anomalynoun

   A defect or malformation.

6. anomalynoun

   A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.

7. anomalynoun

   An irregularity or disproportion.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ANOMALYnoun

   Irregularity; deviation from the common rule.

   Etymology: anomalie, Fr. anomalia, Lat. ἀνώμαλος.

   If we should chance to find a mother debauching her daughter, as such monsters have been seen, we must charge this upon a peculiar anomaly and baseness of nature. South.

   I do not pursue the many pseudographies in use, but intend to shew how most of these anomalies in writing might be avoided, and better supplied. William Holder, Elements of Speech.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anomaly

   An anomaly is something that deviates from what is perceived as normal, expected, or standard. It could refer to a discrepancy, irregularity, inconsistency, or something unusual or abnormal in various contexts like statistics, sciences, medicine, and more. This deviation can be either positive or negative, and is often used to detect unusual occurrences or phenomena.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Anomalynoun

   deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous

2. Anomalynoun

   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

3. Anomalynoun

   the angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet

4. Anomalynoun

   any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type

5. Etymology: [L. anomalia, Gr. . See Anomalous.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anomaly

   an-om′al-i, n. irregularity: deviation from rule: (astron.) the angle measured at the sun between a planet in any point of its orbit and the last perihelion.—adjs. Anomalist′ic, -al, anomalous: departing from established rules: irregular.—n. Anom′alite, an irregular mineral.—adj. Anom′alous, irregular: deviating from rule.—Anomalistic year, the interval that elapses between two successive passages of the earth through its perihelion, or point of nearest approach to the sun = 365 days 6 hr. 13 min. 49 sec., being 4 min. 39 sec. longer than the sidereal year. [Gr. anōmalos—a, an, neg., and homalos, even—homos, same.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anomaly

   Deviation from common rule. An irregularity in the motion of a planet by which it deviates from the aphelion or apogee.--Mean anomaly formerly signified the distance of a planet's mean place from the apogee: it is the angular distance of a planet or comet from perihelion supposing it to have moved with its mean velocity.--True anomaly, the true angular distance of a planet or comet from perihelion. (See EXCENTRIC and EQUATED.)

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of anomaly in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of anomaly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of anomaly in a Sentence

1. Edwin Hubbel Chapin:

   Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link, into the great chain of order.

2. Barack Obama:

   We've got to make sure that it's the anomaly and not the rule going forward.

3. Margaret Atwood:

   We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

4. Ric Gillespie:

   We’ll use a camera-equipped underwater Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to investigate a sonar anomaly at a depth of 600 feet that could be the fuselage of Earhart’s Lockheed Electra.

5. Philip Stinson:

   We can tell for one year, but is that just an anomaly or is it a trend?

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