anomaly

Meanings

• noun

  A deviation from what is normal, regular, or expected.

  - "The sudden anomaly in the patient's blood test results required further investigation."
  - "The astronomer was surprised by the anomaly in the planet's orbit."

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Pronunciation

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2. /əˈnɑməli/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

abnormality , deviance , deviation , exception , inconsistency , irregularity , phenomenon

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with anomaly
malady , radicality , valority

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Variants

List of all variants of anomaly that leads to same result
anomalies , anomaly

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Etymology

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From the Greek word 'anomalos' meaning 'irregular, unusual'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'anomaly' is often used in various fields, including science, mathematics, and statistics.

2. The study of anomalies is crucial in identifying errors, inconsistencies, and potential new discoveries.

3. Anomalies can be both beneficial and detrimental, such as the discovery of penicillin from a mold anomaly or the catastrophic effects of a stock market anomaly.

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Related Concepts

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1. Aberration: A deviation from the normal or expected, often in a scientific context.

2. Outlier: A data point that is significantly different from other observations in a dataset.

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Quotes

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1. Eleven minutes may not sound like much when you're waiting for a table at your favorite restaurant, but in the course of centuries, eleven minutes and change become a formidable chunk of time. By the 1300s, those superfluous minutes had added up to hours, then days, then more than a week. The calendar was losing time, irrevocably, to the "real" year, slipping further and further behind in its measurement of the earth's orbit. "Anomalies" began to creep into what had been the certainties of life. The spring equinox—one of two moments in the year when day and night are of equal length all over the earth, and which occurs on or about March 21—began to fall on March 16, then 15, then 14.

   - Michelle Stacey,{it}Harper's{/it},December 2006

2. Californians aren't the only ones vexed by rolling brownouts and other power-supply "anomalies". Everyday power spikes, surges, sags, and line noise cause computers, stereo equipment, televisions, telephones, and other delicate electronic equipment to go psychotic or have complete nervous breakdowns.

   - {it}Fortune{/it},25 June 2001

3. In approximately 10% of patients, autism can be explained by genetic syndromes and known chromosomal "anomalies" (most of which have recognizable features in addition to autism) …

   - Lauren A. Weiss et al.,{it}New England Journal of Medicine{/it},14 Feb. 2008

4. This policy may well have made sense back when steroid use was an "anomaly". Now that bulking up with chemical help seems to be more popular than ever, it's incumbent on baseball to take action.

   - Steve Kettman,{it}New York Times{/it},20 Aug. 2000

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Culture

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Anomalies have been a subject of fascination and investigation throughout history, from the study of natural phenomena to the exploration of human behavior and social norms.

How to Memorize "anomaly"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a bell curve representing normal data, and an anomaly as an outlier that falls outside the curve.
   - Visualize a puzzle piece that doesn't fit in with the rest.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'anomaly' with the concept of 'deviation from the norm'.
   - Think of the word 'anomaly' as a synonym for 'outlier' or 'aberration'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - An 'A' in 'anomaly' stands for 'abnormal' or 'anomalous'.

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