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anomaly.

A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

7 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/Received-Pronunciation/əˈnɑ.mə.li/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/əˈnɒm.ə.li/Canada, dialectal/əˈnɔm.ə.li/Australia

  1. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Any of various angular distances.

  5. A defect or malformation.

  6. A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.

  7. An irregularity or disproportion.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-sder. Ancient Greek ὁμᾰλός (homălós) Ancient Greek ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía)bor. Latin anōmalialbor. English 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”).

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