English noun: anomaly |
1. | anomaly (state) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
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| Synonyms | anomalousness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | abnormalcy, abnormality |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder |
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2. | anomaly (person) a person who is unusual |
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| Synonyms | unusual person |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aberrant, albino, anachronism, automaton, behemoth, colossus, eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek, giant, goliath, Jekyll and Hyde, kook, misfit, monster, odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, oddball, queer bird, queer duck, rara avis, rare bird, transexual, transsexual, ugly duckling, zombi, zombie |
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3. | anomaly (location) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | place, position |
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| Domain category | astronomy, uranology |
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