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anomaly

/əˈnɑ.mə.li/noun4 syllables

Anomaly means: deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule.

Synonyms for anomaly17

noun, as in deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

anomalousness

noun, as in a person who is unusual

unusual person

also used for anomaly

abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon, aberrant, deviant, farlie, freak, odd fish, oddity, outlier, peculiarity

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What does anomaly mean?3

noun

1

deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

2

a person who is unusual

3

(astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Anomaly in a sentence

  • The spacecraft encountered several hardware anomalies, many of which inexplicably fixed themselves.Hybrid
  • I think that it was just an anomaly.CK
  • We have found an anomaly in the earth's crust.CM
  • Do you consider a tornado an anomaly of nature?Amastan
  • It is reasonable to think that there exist other anomalies in this category.al_ex_an_der
  • The auditor picked up some anomalies in the company's accounts.patgfisher
  • Pigeons may be able to detect gravity anomalies.Hybrid
  • Scientists found several anomalies in the structure of the chromosomes.sundown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of anomaly

as a noun

plural
anomalies