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Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
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anomaly
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Word definitions for anomaly in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anomaly \A*nom"a*ly\, n.; pl. Anomalies . [L. anomalia, Gr. ?. See Anomalous .] Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous. We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Anomaly is a graphic novel featuring augmented reality , created in part by Brian Haberlin , depicting the adventures of a disgraced soldier on an alien planet.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from Latin anomalia , from Greek anomalia "inequality," noun of quality from anomalos "uneven, irregular," from an- , privative prefix, "not" (see an- (1)) + homalos "even," from homos "same" (see same ).
Usage examples of anomaly.
If the cosmic menace of the anomaly had been ignored or underestimated, if our needs had been neglected, the errors had not been ours.
Habibula presented a problem as strange and dangerous as the anomaly itself.
My poor flesh freezes when I think of Ken out in the fearful anomaly now, fighting that enemy machine.
Observing stars at certain angles through the anomaly, we find their images blurred and spectral lines shifted toward the red.
The theory implies that the anomaly should shrink, if it changes at all.
She had stopped at the entrance, gazing at that black funnel in the heart of the anomaly, her face gaunt and grave and white.
I turned to the dome again, to study that fearful funnel swelling at the heart of the anomaly, the captured asteroid burning brighter now and nearer the center.
When I began asking, a little wildly, what they had found beyond the anomaly, his withered hand lifted impatiently to cut me off.
Anyhow, before we were halfway to the center of the anomaly, the stars went out.
I believe this anomaly may be the cause of the destruction that Q spoke of.
Ensign Calan sat at her conn station, with little to do except watch the anomaly shimmer and burn on the viewscreen, her thoughts drifted back to an earlier time.
Picard could see a rather complex diagram of the anomaly with various pieces of sensor information incorporated into it.
As Data began to comply with his orders, the captain took in the image of the anomaly on the viewscreen.
Somehow, the temporal energy from the anomaly caused the fetal tissue to revert to an earlier stage of development.
I want you to analyze the information and find a way to shut the anomaly down.