a·nom·a·ly

(ə-nŏm′ə-lē)

n. pl. a·nom·a·lies

1. Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule.

2. One that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify: "Both men are anomalies: they have ... likable personalities but each has made his reputation as a heavy" (David Pauly).

3. Astronomy The angular deviation, as observed from the sun, of a planet from its perihelion.

a·nom′a·lis′tic adj.

a·nom′a·lis′ti·cal·ly adv.

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anomalistic

adjective

Departing from the normal:

aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypic, atypical, deviant, divergent, irregular, preternatural, unnatural.

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