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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anomaly /əˈnɒm(ə)li/
noun (pl. anomalies)
  • 1 something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
  • 2 Astronomy the angular distance of a planet or satellite from its last perihelion or perigee.
– derivatives
anomalous adjective,
anomalously adverb,
anomalousness noun.
– origin C16: via L. from Gk anōmalia, from anōmalos (from an- + homalos ‘even’) + -y3.



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