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anomaly

noun
/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/UK/əˈnɑ.mə.li/CA/əˈnɔm.ə.lɪ/

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 ᾰ̓νώμᾰλος (ănṓmălos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νωμᾰλῐ́ᾱ (ănōmălĭ́ā)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”).

  1. derived from ἀνωμαλία
  2. learned borrowing from anomalia

Definitions

  1. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal

    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.

  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.

  3. Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is…

    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. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Any of various angular distances.

    2. A defect or malformation.

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

    4. An irregularity or disproportion.

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Derived

anomalism, anomalistic, anomaloscope, anomalous, calendar anomaly, Chediak-Higashi anomaly, collie eye anomaly, deuteranomaly, eccentric anomaly, flyby anomaly, isanomaly, Kohn anomaly, mean anomaly, Pioneer anomaly, quantum anomaly, Schottky anomaly, stereoanomaly, true anomaly

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at anomaly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at anomaly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at anomaly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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