English-Thai Dictionary

anomaly

N ความผิดปกติ  abnormality peculiarity oddity khwam-phid-pok-ka-ti

 

anomaly

N สิ่ง ที่ แปลกประหลาด  บุคคล ที่ ผิด จาก ปกติ  sing-ti-plaek-pra-lad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANOMALY

n.[Gr. inequality, equal, similar. ] 1. Irregularity; deviation from the common rule; thus oxen, the plural of ox, is an anomaly, in grammar, as the regular plural would be oxes.
2. In astronomy, an irregularity in the motion of a planet, whereby it deviates from the aphelion or apogee.
3. In music, a false scale or interval.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANOMALY

A *nom "a *ly, n.; pl. Anomalies. Etym: [L. anomalia, Gr. Anomalous. ]

 

1. 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. Burke. As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly. Darwin.

 

2. (Astron.) (a ) 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. (b ) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.

 

3. (Nat. Hist. )

 

Defn: Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

anomaly

a nom a ly |əˈnäməlē əˈnɑməli | ▶noun ( pl. anomalies ) 1 something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected: there are a number of anomalies in the present system | a legal anomaly | [ with clause ] : the apparent anomaly that those who produced the wealth were the poorest | the position abounds in anomaly. 2 Astronomy the angular distance of a planet or satellite from its last perihelion or perigee. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek anōmalia, from anōmalos (see anomalous ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

anomaly

anomaly |əˈnɒm (ə )li | ▶noun ( pl. anomalies ) 1 something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected: there are a number of anomalies in the present system | [ with clause ] : the apparent anomaly that those who produced the wealth were the poorest | [ mass noun ] : the position abounds in anomaly. 2 Astronomy the angular distance of a planet or satellite from its last perihelion or perigee. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek anōmalia, from anōmalos (see anomalous ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

anomaly

anomaly noun the growth on the duck's bill is a harmless anomaly: oddity, peculiarity, abnormality, irregularity, inconsistency, incongruity, aberration, quirk, rarity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

anomaly

anomaly noun there are a number of anomalies in the present system: oddity, peculiarity, abnormality, irregularity, inconsistency, incongruity, deviation, aberration, quirk, freak, exception, departure, divergence, variation; rarity, eccentricity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

anomaly

a nom a ly /ənɑ́m (ə )li |ənɔ́m -/名詞 複 -lies C ｟かたく ｠1 異常 (なこと ), 例外 (的なこと ), 特異な存在, 異例, 変則 ; 不合理 .2 〘天 〙近天 (離 )角 .