What does disturbance mean?
Definitions for disturbance
dɪˈstɜr bənsdis·tur·bance
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word disturbance.
Princeton's WordNet
perturbation, disturbancenoun
activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
"the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function"
disturbance, perturbation, upsetnoun
an unhappy and worried mental state
"there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfufflenoun
a disorderly outburst or tumult
"they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
affray, disturbance, fray, rufflenoun
a noisy fight
disturbancenoun
the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
mental disorder, mental disturbance, disturbance, psychological disorder, folienoun
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
noise, interference, disturbancenoun
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Wiktionary
disturbancenoun
The act of disturbing, being disturbed
disturbancenoun
Something that disturbs
That guy causes a lot of trouble, you know, he's such a disturbance.
disturbancenoun
An interruption of that which is normal or regular.
disturbancenoun
A serious mental imbalance or illness.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Disturbancenoun
Etymology: from disturb.
The denomination of money concerns trade, and the alteration of that necessarily brings disturbance to it. John Locke.
They can survey a variety of complicated ideas without fatigue or disturbance. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
This mischief had not then befall’n,
And more that shall befal: innumerable
Disturbances on earth through female snares. John Milton, Pa. Lost.
ChatGPT
disturbance
A disturbance is any event or occurrence that interferes with the normal functioning, order or balance of a system, environment or organism. It can also refer to a state of agitation or upset, or an interruption of peace and quiet. Disturbances can be natural or man-made, temporary or permanent, and can occur in a variety of contexts, such as ecological disturbances, physical disturbances, or emotional disturbances.
Webster Dictionary
Disturbancenoun
an interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current
Disturbancenoun
confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness
Disturbancenoun
violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult
Disturbancenoun
the hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like
Wikidata
Disturbance
In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in average environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Outside disturbance forces often act quickly and with great effect, sometimes resulting in the removal of large amounts of biomass. Ecological disturbances include fires, flooding, windstorm, insect outbreaks, as well as anthropogenic disturbances such as trampling, forest clearing, and the introduction of exotic species. Disturbances can have profound immediate effects on ecosystems and can, accordingly, greatly alter the natural community. Because of these and the impacts on populations, these effects can continue for an extended period of time.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
disturbance
See SPANISH DISTURBANCE.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'disturbance' in Nouns Frequency: #2294
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disturbance in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disturbance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of disturbance in a Sentence
If we have a moving mass in front, that creates also a disturbance in the legs. So what we're developing is algorithms that can take into account that external disturbance from the payload or from the arm. And then servo the legs, control the legs in a way to compensate for these disturbances. And we've managed to do this very well; there's an example where we moved the arm left and right relatively fast, and if we don't use the smart controller the robot moves a lot. But if we turn on the smart controller, the torque and forces in the cylinders and joints are optimized so that the robot is relatively firm and rejects all these external disturbances.
Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance.
So our priority is letting them settle in and be undisturbed here and have the whole place to themselves for a while without construction crews, and without disturbance, and without additional elephants even, coming right away.
We are extremely alarmed by the growing threat of antisemitism in this country. These disgusting hate crimes have been occurring at an increasing frequency and are a threat to the fabric of our society. The Jewish community deserves to celebrate their holidays and live in peace without disturbance from hate-filled individuals. We stand by our Jewish brothers and sisters today and every day as they face increasing ignorance and discrimination.
It's likely we would have had extremely severe flooding even if there had never been a coal mine in Eastern Kentucky, the question that we don't know the answer to is : How much might this amount of disturbance have increased the severity of the current floods ?
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- إزعاجArabic
- смущение, смут, бъротия, безредиеBulgarian
- জ্বালাতনBengali
- narušení, vyrušení, rušení, výtržník, [[duševní]] [[porucha]]Czech
- forstyrrelseDanish
- Geistesstörung, Störenfried, StörungGerman
- perturboEsperanto
- estorbo, perturbación, disturbio, trastornoSpanish
- perturbationFrench
- aimhreit, atharrachadhScottish Gaelic
- הפרעהHebrew
- disturboItalian
- 混乱, 動乱, 動揺Japanese
- ئاژاوهKurdish
- ngaungau, ngangau, heihei, rarī, āheiheiMāori
- forstyrrelseNorwegian
- storing, verstoringDutch
- estorvo, transtorno, distúrbio, perturbaçãoPortuguese
- deranj, deranjare, deranjament, încomodare, tulburare, perturbație, perturbareRomanian
- волнение, нарушительница, нарушение, расстройство, беспорядок, нарушительRussian
- avbrott, störning, rubbningSwedish
- utunduSwahili
- 骚乱Chinese
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