Definition of Anomaly

Anomaly

Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.

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.

The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.

Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.

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Anomaly Quotations

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

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
Walter Bagehot

And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained on an instrument. That's the last thing people think about.
Vanessa Carlton

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest.
Simon Newcomb

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
Franklin Pierce

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.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin

I'd never been to a prom, I had never had the whole high school experience. I think I was kind of an anomaly. I don't think they knew where to put me.
Alicia Witt

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Anomaly Translations

anomaly in French is anomalie
anomaly in German is Besonderheit {f}, Anomalie {f}
anomaly in Swedish is avvikelse, anomali

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