[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

anomaly \anom"aly\, n.; pl. anomalies. l. anomalia, gr. ?.
   see anomalous.
   1. deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything
      anomalous.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

            as professor owen has remarked, there is no greater
            anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.
                                                  --darwin.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   3. nat. hist. any deviation from the essential
      characteristics of a specific type.
      1913 webster
see also:
anomalies anomalous 

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