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anomalous

UK/əˈnɒmələs//əˈnɑmələs/

anomalous adjective: deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.

Adjective

anomalous (comparative more anomalous, superlative most anomalous)

  1. Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
    • statistically anomalous
    • highly anomalous
  2. Of uncertain or unknown categorization; strange.
  3. Having anomalies.

anomalous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

anomalous in Tamil

ஒழுங்குமீறிய, தாறுமாறான, முரணான, பொதுநிலை திறம்பிய, ஒழுங்கற்ற, ஒருசில வண்ணங்களைத் தெளிவாகக் காணமாட்டாத

anomalous in Urdu

انوکھا, بےقاعدہ, شاذ

anomalous in Malayalam

irregular, abnormal, atypical
ക്രമക്കേടായ, ക്രമവിരുദ്ധമായ, വിധിവിരുദ്ധമായ, അസാധാരണമായ, വിലക്ഷണ, നിതാന്ത

anomalous in Kannada

ಒಮ್ಮದ, ಓಜೆಗೆಟ್ಟ
More languagesFewer languages
anomalous in Tagalog
maanomalya
anomalous in Persian
ناهنجار nâhanjâr

Examples of anomalous in a sentence

  • The scientist noted an anomalous result in the data.
  • His behavior was anomalous given the circumstances.

All 19 example sentences with anomalous

Forms of anomalous

comparativemore anomalous
superlativemost anomalous

Origin of anomalous

From Late Latin anōmalos, from Ancient Greek ἀνώμᾰλος (anṓmălos).

Words formed from anomalous

Questions about anomalous

What does anomalous mean?
Anomalous means deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
What is anomalous in Tamil?
Anomalous in Tamil is ஒழுங்குமீறிய, தாறுமாறான, முரணான. See Anomalous meaning in Tamil.
How do you use anomalous in a sentence?
The scientist noted an anomalous result in the data.
What part of speech is anomalous?
Anomalous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce anomalous?
Anomalous is pronounced /əˈnɒmələs/ (UK).

Words near anomalous in the dictionary

  1. anomalosaepiids
  2. anomaloscope
  3. anomaloscopes
  4. anomaloscopic
  5. anomaloscopy
  6. anomalous
  7. anomalous water
  8. anomalously
  9. anomalousness
  10. anomals
  11. anomalure

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anomalous (page history and authors); anomalous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anomalous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anomalous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); anomalous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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