English Explanatory Dictionary

anomaly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
  2. Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
  3. Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
  4. Any of various angular distances.
  5. A defect or malformation.
  6. A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
  7. An irregularity or disproportion.

Pronunciation

/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/ /əˈnɑ.mə.li/ en-us-anomaly.ogg /əˈnɔm.ə.lɪ/ en-au-anomaly.ogg

Word forms

anomaly anomalies

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-sder. Ancient Greek ὁμᾰλός (homălós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νώμᾰλος (ănṓmălos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νωμᾰλῐ́ᾱ (ănōmălĭ́ā)bor. Latin anōmalialbor. English anomaly From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ὁμαλός (homalós, “even”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”).

Synonyms

aberrant abnormality anomaly deviance deviant farlie freak irregularity odd fish oddity outlier peculiarity queerness rarity rum strange fish strangeness unusualness weirdness deviation exception inconsistency phenomenon

Related words

odditorium

Derived words

anomalism anomalistic anomaloscope anomalous calendar anomaly Chediak-Higashi anomaly collie eye anomaly deuteranomaly eccentric anomaly flyby anomaly isanomaly Kohn anomaly mean anomaly Pioneer anomaly quantum anomaly Schottky anomaly stereoanomaly true anomaly

Translations

Arabic: شُذُوذ Dutch: anomalie Dutch: onregelmatigheid Finnish: säännöttömyys Finnish: epäsäännöllisyys Finnish: poikkeus French: anomalie German: Anomalie Greek: ανωμαλία Hungarian: anomália Italian: anomalia Polish: anomalia Polish: nieprawidłowość Portuguese: anomalia Serbo-Croatian: anomalija Swedish: anomali Swedish: avvikelse
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