Anomalynoun
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
Odditynoun
An odd or strange thing or opinion.
Anomalynoun
Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
‘He is an anomaly among his friends.’;
Odditynoun
A strange person; an oddball.
Anomalynoun
(science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
Odditynoun
Strangeness.
Anomalynoun
(astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
Odditynoun
The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.
‘That infinitude of oddities in him.’;
Anomalynoun
(biology) A defect or malformation.
Odditynoun
That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.
Anomalynoun
(quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
Odditynoun
eccentricity that is not easily explained
Anomalynoun
(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
Odditynoun
a strange attitude or habit
Anomalynoun
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.’; ‘As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.’;
Odditynoun
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Anomalynoun
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.
Anomalynoun
Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
Anomalynoun
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Anomalynoun
a person who is unusual
Anomalynoun
(astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
