Meaning

7 senses
  1. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

    Anomalie, Anomalie

    анома́лияanomálija, ненорма́льностьnenormálʹnostʹ

    анома́ліяanomálija, ненорма́льністьnenormálʹnistʹ

    deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

  2. 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.

    a person who is unusual

  3. 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.

  4. Any of various angular distances.

  5. A defect or malformation.

  6. A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.

  7. (dated)An irregularity or disproportion.

Examples

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  1. I think it was just an anomaly.

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  2. I think that it was just an anomaly.

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  3. We found an anomaly.

    ruМы обнаружили аномалию.

    deWie haben eine Anomalie gefunden.

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  4. I'm a bit of an anomaly.

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  5. Pigeons may be able to detect gravity anomalies.

    deTauben sind möglicherweise in der Lage, Gravitationsanomalien wahrzunehmen.

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Translations

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Origin

From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from

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”).

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