Definition of anomaly Anomaly

/ʌnɑˈmʌli/ - [unamulee] - a•nom•a•ly

We found 18 definitions of anomaly from 7 different sources.

What does anomaly mean?

Noun Plural: anomalies
anomaly - a person who is unusual
		unusual person
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
		anachronism an artifact that belongs to another time
		aberrant one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
		albino a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
		automaton, zombi, zombie a mechanism that can move automatically
		eccentric person, oddball, eccentric, geek, flake a person with an unusual or odd personality
		behemoth, colossus, goliath, monster, giant a person of exceptional importance and reputation
		jekyll and hyde someone with two personalities - one good and one evil
		kook, odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
		misfit someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
		rara avis, rare bird a rare or unique person
		transexual, transsexual a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex
anomaly - deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
		anomalousness
		abnormalcy, abnormality behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
anomaly - (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
		place, position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"

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anomaly (Noun)
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.
anomaly (Noun)
Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
anomaly (Noun)
Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
anomaly (Noun)
Any of various angular distance s.
anomaly (Noun)
A defect or malformation.
anomaly (Noun)
A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
anomaly (Noun)
An irregularity or disproportion.

anomaly (n.)
Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
anomaly (n.)
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.
anomaly (n.)
The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
anomaly (n.)
Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.

anomaly
an-om′al-i, n. irregularity: deviation from rule: (astron.) the angle measured at the sun between a planet in any point of its orbit and the last perihelion.—adjs. Anomalist′ic, -al, anomalous: departing from established rules: irregular.—n. Anom′alite, an irregular mineral.—adj. Anom′alous, irregular: deviating from rule.—Anomalistic year, the interval that elapses between two successive passages of the earth through its perihelion, or point of nearest approach to the sun = 365 days 6 hr. 13 min. 49 sec., being 4 min. 39 sec. longer than the sidereal year. [Gr. anōmalos—a, an, neg., and homalos, even—homos, same.]

anomaly
Deviation from common rule. An irregularity in the motion of a planet by which it deviates from the aphelion or apogee.--Mean anomaly formerly signified the distance of a planet's mean place from the apogee: it is the angular distance of a planet or comet from perihelion supposing it to have moved with its mean velocity.--True anomaly, the true angular distance of a planet or comet from perihelion. (See EXCENTRIC and EQUATED.)