anomaly
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
anomaly (plural anomalies)
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- Synonyms: abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- He is an anomaly among his friends.
- (science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- (biology) A defect or malformation.
- (quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
- (deviation from the norm)
- French: anomalie
- German: Anomalie
- Italian: anomalia
- Portuguese: anomalia
- Russian: анома́лия
- Spanish: anomalía
- French: anomalie
- Italian: anomalia
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