anomaly

anomaly has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
• n.. The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.
• n.. The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
• n.. Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
• n.. (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
• n.. a person who is unusual
• n.. deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule