anomalous
[uh-nom-uh-luh s]
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adjective
deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular; abnormal: Advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe.
not fitting into a common or familiar type, classification, or pattern; unusual: He held an anomalous position in the art world.
incongruous or inconsistent.
Grammar. irregular.
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Nearby words
- anomalism,
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- anomalistic month,
- anomalistic year,
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- anomalous complex,
- anomalous correspondence,
- anomalous dispersion,
- anomalous monism,
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Origin of anomalous
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Examples from the Web for anomalously
Well, a lot of it has to do with how GDP is calculated and an anomalously high reading in the third quarter.
In it a convoluted structure replaced and rendered intelligible the anomalously rifted mass seen by Bond in 1847.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
anomalous
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Word Origin for anomalous
C17: from Late Latin anōmalus, from Greek anōmalos uneven, inconsistent, from an- + homalos even, from homos one and the same
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anomalous
1640s, from Late Latin anomalus, from Greek anomalos "uneven, irregular" (see anomaly). Related: Anomalously; anomalousness.
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