anomaly
Syllables: anom·alyUK/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ//əˈnɑ.mə.li/
anomaly noun: a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
Noun
anomaly (plural anomalies)
- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 43
- Synonyms:
- abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- He is an anomaly among his friends in that he's the only one who's unmarried.
- Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- She disregarded some of the anomalies in the experiment, putting them down to miscalculation.
- Any of various angular distances.
- A defect or malformation.
- A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- An irregularity or disproportion.
anomaly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
anomaly in Hindi
- deviation from norm
- असंगति asaṅgti
- astronomy: any of various angular distances
- कोणिकांतर koṇikāntar
anomaly in Tamil
- ஒழுங்கற்ற தன்மை, நெறி திறம்புதல், முறைகேடு, இயல்பு பிறழ்வு, விசித்திரம், ஞாயிற்றுச்சேண்மிகையளவு
anomaly in Urdu
- عدم نظام, بےقائدگی
anomaly in Bengali
- সাধারণ, স্বাভাবিক অবস্থার বিচ্যুতি, ব্যতিক্রম
More languagesFewer languages
- anomaly in Malayalam
- വ്യതിചലനം vyaticalanaṁ
- anomaly in Kannada
- ಅಸಂಗತತೆ, ಅಸಮಂಜಸತೆ, ಅಸಂಬದ್ಧ ವೈಷಮ್ಯ, ಅಕ್ರಮ
- anomaly in Tagalog
- anomalya
- anomaly in Arabic
- شُذُوذ šuḏūḏ, عَيْب خِلْقِيّ ʕayb ḵilqiyy
- anomaly in Persian
- ناهنجاری nâhanjâri, بیهنجاری bi-hanjâri
- anomaly in Thai
- ความผิดปกติ
- anomaly in Vietnamese
- sự bất thường
Examples of anomaly in a sentence
- If we look to the nether reaches of the list, we find some anomalies.
- My eyes cast over the anomaly.
- By and large back then, bassists weren’t bandleaders; Mingus was an anomaly.
Synonyms of anomaly
- abnormality
- deviance
- deviation
- exception
- inconsistency
- irregularity
- phenomenon
- aberrant
- deviant
- freak
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Forms of anomaly
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Origin of anomaly
From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ὁμαλός (homalós, “even”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”).
Words formed from anomaly
Phrases with anomaly
Questions about anomaly
- What does anomaly mean?
- Anomaly means a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- What is anomaly in Hindi?
- Anomaly in Hindi is असंगति (asaṅgti), कोणिकांतर (koṇikāntar). See Anomaly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anomaly?
- Anomaly is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anomaly?
- Anomaly is pronounced /əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anomaly?
- The plural of anomaly is anomalies.
Words near anomaly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anomaly (page history and authors); anomaly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anomaly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anomaly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anomaly (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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