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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anomaly \A*nom"a*ly\, n.; pl {Anomalies}. [L. anomalia Gr ?. See {Anomalous}.] 1. 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 found in the minds and affairs of men. --Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. --Darwin. 2. (Astron.) a 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. b The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet. 3. (Nat. Hist.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: anomaly n 1: deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule [syn: {anomalousness}] 2: a person who is unusual [syn: {unusual person}] 3: (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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