Anomaly Definition

ə-nŏmə-lē
anomalies
noun
anomalies
Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
American Heritage
Departure from the regular arrangement, general rule, or usual method; abnormality.
Webster's New World
One that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify.
American Heritage
Anything anomalous.
Webster's New World
The angular deviation, as observed from the sun, of a planet from its perihelion.
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Other Word Forms of Anomaly

Noun

Singular:
anomaly
Plural:
anomalies

Origin of Anomaly

  • From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anomalia, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ἀνώμαλος (anomalos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ὁμαλός (homalos, “even”), from ὁμός (homos, “same”).

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Anomaly Sentence Examples

  • There's an anomaly in your blood test, but you're physically healthy, Dr. Williams said with a warm smile at odds with the cold sterility of the room.

  • They can only detect or fail to detect anomaly.

  • As we have said all along it is about rectifying an anomaly.

  • The Scotsman points out a glaring anomaly in the evidence presented.

  • We have seen that the last vestiges of the monstrous anomaly of modern colonial slavery are disappearing from all civilized states and their foreign possessions.

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AANANO

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