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anomaly definition

anoma·ly (ə näm′ə lē)

noun pl. anomalies -·lies

  1. departure from the regular arrangement, general rule, or usual method; abnormality
  2. anything anomalous
  3. Astron. a measurement used for any orbiting body, as a planet's angular distance around its orbit from its perihelion, taken as if viewed from the sun

Etymology: L anomalia < Gr anōmalia, inequality: see anomalous

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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