true anomaly

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.

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Example Sentences

The reaction of audiences, who were floored and almost blindsided by the sheer passion of Joplin, illustrates what a true anomaly she was in a rock world populated almost entirely of men.

From Los Angeles Times

Its amount is the correction which must be applied positively or negatively to the mean anomaly in order to obtain the true anomaly.

From Project Gutenberg

In 2010 he’s a true anomaly, neither an integral part of the pop landscape nor of the rap landscape.

From New York Times

On the moon’s true anomaly at the time.

From Project Gutenberg