Definitions for anomaly

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anomaly a·nom·a·ly

Spelling: [uh-nom-uh-lee]

IPA: /əˈnɒm ə li/

Anomaly is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in anomaly (aalmnoy).

Definitions for anomaly

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 anomaly

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

Examples for anomaly

His position is virtually an anomaly and he himself, a mere figure-head.

That other anomaly, a man of inherited wealth, is disgusting to the anarchist.

I think the rule, rather than the anomaly, is that people tend to struggle.

The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed BritainBy Tim Teeman Lady Grantham of ‘Downton Abbey’ is far from an anomaly.

One anomaly of this past holiday mayhem is that a significant number of the shootings were not gang-related.

To test this anomaly, use should be made of Landolt's apparatus (Fig. 36).

His amusing vindication of the anomaly is worthy of a perusal.

And because of this anomaly, authenticators concluded it was not an original.

What an anomaly in political architecture, to build an inverted pyramid!

“What I see in the pictures is to a large extent an anomaly to the culture of the Syrian army,” he said.