Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ANOMALISTIC, ANOMALISTICAL
a.Irregular; departing from common or established rules. In astronomy, the anomalistic year is the time in which the earth passes through her orbit, which is longer than the tropical year, on account of the precession of the equinoxes.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ANOMALISTIC; ANOMALISTICAL
A *nom `a *lis "tic, A *nom `a *lis "tic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. anomalistique.]
1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. Anomalistic month. See under Month. -- Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. -- Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.
ANOMALISTICALLY
ANOMALISTICALLY A *nom `a *lis "tic *al *ly, adv.
Defn: With irregularity.
New American Oxford Dictionary
anomalistic
anomalistic |əˌnɒməˈlɪstɪk | ▶adjective 1 of the nature of an anomaly; anomalous: the production is stylistically anomalistic. 2 Astronomy relating to the anomaly of a planet.
anomalistic month
a nom a lis tic month |əˌnäməˈlistik əˌnɑməˈlɪstɪk mənθ | ▶noun a month measured between successive perigees of the moon (approximately 27 1 /2 days ).
anomalistic year
a nom a lis tic year ▶noun a year measured between successive perihelia of the earth (approximately 365 1 /4 days ).
Oxford Dictionary
anomalistic
anomalistic |əˌnɒməˈlɪstɪk | ▶adjective 1 of the nature of an anomaly; anomalous: the production is stylistically anomalistic. 2 Astronomy relating to the anomaly of a planet.
anomalistic month
anom ¦al |is ¦tic month ▶noun Astronomy a month measured between successive perigees of the moon (approximately 27 1 /2 days ).
anomalistic year
anom ¦al |is ¦tic year ▶noun Astronomy a year measured between successive perihelia of the earth (approximately 365 1 /4 days ).
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