Definitions for anomalies

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anomalies a·nom·a·ly

Spelling: [uh-nom-uh-lee]

IPA: /əˈnɒm ə li/

Anomalies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 677 anagrams from letters in anomalies (aaeilmnos).

Definitions for anomalies

noun

1. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
2. an anomalous person or thing; one that is abnormal or does not fit in: Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
3. an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.
4. an incongruity or inconsistency.
5. Astronomy. a quantity measured in degrees, defining the position of an orbiting body with respect to the point at which it is nearest to or farthest from its primary.
6. Meteorology. the amount of deviation of a meteorological quantity from the accepted normal value of that quantity.
7. Grammar. irregularity.

Origin of anomalies

1565-75; Latin anōmalia Greek anōmalía, equivalent to anṓmal(os) anomalous + -ia -ia

Examples for anomalies

The anomalies of the present situation are in some cases amusing.

So there were some anomalies about this contest that Democrats should be aware of.

Though the documented cases of direct killing are not numerous, they must be taken very seriously and not dismissed as anomalies.

The ears of criminals and epileptics exhibit a number of anomalies.

The other 22 Republican senators are probably lost (although there are a couple of anomalies among that 22).

It is inevitable that the question should arise—Shall these anomalies be meddled with?

But those shining moments have been anomalies, and this week's episodes served as a microcosm of this season's problems.

After the incisors, the premolars show the greatest number of anomalies.

Investigators are also looking into anomalies in the life of the cyclist who was killed at the scene.

How strange and how unceasing are the anomalies of Irish life!