anomaly
- Noun. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.
- Noun. Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- Noun. (science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- Noun. (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
- Noun. (biology) A defect or malformation.
- Noun. (quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- Noun. (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
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