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anomaly en · NOUN

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[əˈnɔ̟m.ə.li] (New-Zealand)
/əˈnɔm.ə.li/ (Australia)
/əˈnɑ.mə.li/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
/əˈnɒm.ə.li/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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 ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía)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”).

Meanings

A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows. 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 43:
Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- He is an anomaly among his friends in that he's the only one who's unmarried.
Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- She disregarded some of the anomalies in the experiment, putting them down to miscalculation.
Any of various angular distances.
A defect or malformation.
(qualifier:quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

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anomalies	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (119)

fa ناهنجاری (deviation from norm) · pl anomalia (deviation from norm) · be анама́лія (deviation from norm) · nl misvorming (biological defect or malformation) · ro anomalie (deviation from norm) · la anōmalia (deviation from norm) · cs anomálie (deviation from norm) · el ανωμαλία (deviation from norm) · ru ненорма́льность (deviation from norm) · uk ненорма́льність (deviation from norm) · tr olağandışılık (deviation from norm) · pl nieprawidłowość (deviation from norm) · cmn 反常 (deviation from norm) · tr anomali (deviation from norm) · hu anomália (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · fi epämuodostuma (biological defect or malformation) · pt anomalia (deviation from norm) · be ненарма́льнасьць (deviation from norm) · hu rendellenesség (deviation from norm) · gl anomalía (deviation from norm) · sv avvikelse (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · tl anomalya (deviation from norm) · sh anomalija (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · th ความผิดปกติ (deviation from norm) · nl anomalie (deviation from norm) · hu anomália (deviation from norm) · hu eltérés (deviation from norm) · fi poikkeava (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · nl abnormaliteit (deviation from norm) · pl anomalia (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · fa ناهنجاری (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · ga aimhrialtacht (biological defect or malformation) · ga aimhrialtacht (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · eo anomalio (deviation from norm) · bg неправилност (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · sv avvikelse (deviation from norm) · es anomalía (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · nl afwijking (biological defect or malformation) · fr anomalie (deviation from norm) · grc ᾰ̓νωμᾰλῐ́ᾱ (deviation from norm) · ar شُذُوذ (deviation from norm) · el ανωμαλία (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · it anomalia (deviation from norm) · hi असंगति (deviation from norm) · fi poikkeama (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · ca anomalia (deviation from norm) · ga aimhrialtacht (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · fi anomalia (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · nl anomalie (biological defect or malformation) · fi säännöttömyys (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · it anomalia (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · la abnōrmitās (deviation from norm) · tl anomalya (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · kk ауытқушылық (deviation from norm) · uk анома́лія (deviation from norm) · nl anomalie (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · es anomalía (deviation from norm) · ar شُذُوذ (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · hi कोणिकांतर (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · fi poikkeama (deviation from norm) · ja 離角 (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · pt anomalia (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · pt anomalia (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · pl anomalia (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · de Anomalie (deviation from norm) · nl onregelmatigheid (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · sk anomália (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · hu szabálytalanság (deviation from norm) · ar عَيْب خِلْقِيّ (biological defect or malformation) · cmn 異常 /异常 (deviation from norm) · ga aimhrialtacht (deviation from norm) · ar شُذُوذ (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · ro anomalie (biological defect or malformation) · it anomalia (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · fi anomalia (deviation from norm) · la abnōrmālitās (deviation from norm) · tr fevkaladelik (deviation from norm) · bg аномалия (biological defect or malformation) · hu anomália (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · pt anomalia (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · ko 예외 (deviation from norm) · hu anomália (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · sh anomalija (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · pl nieprawidłowość (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · nl afwijking (deviation from norm) · vi sự bất thường (deviation from norm) · ru анома́лия (deviation from norm) · nl anomalie (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · pl anomalia (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · fr anomalie (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · bg аномалия (deviation from norm) · fi poikkeavuus (deviation from norm) · sv anomali (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · ml വ്യതിചലനം (deviation from norm) · sv anomali (deviation from norm) · fi poikkeus (deviation from norm) · tl anomalya (biological defect or malformation) · ka ანომალია (deviation from norm) · hy անոմալիա (deviation from norm) · el ανωμαλία (biological defect or malformation) · nl rariteit (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · fa بیهنجاری (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · fi anomalia (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · fr anomalie (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · tr denksizlik (deviation from norm) · fi poikkeus (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · hy անկանոնություն (deviation from norm) · pl nieprawidłowość (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · la irrēgulāritās (deviation from norm) · ja 例外 (deviation from norm) · el ανωμαλία (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · ro anomalie (astronomy: any of various angular distances) · nl onregelmatigheid (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · it anomalia (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · fi epäsäännöllisyys (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) · fi poikkeus (something or someone that is strange or unusual) · bg аномалия (science: any event, big or small, out of the ordinary) · it anomalia (biological defect or malformation) · de Anomalie (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency)

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