anomaly
/əˈnɑː.mə.li/
nouna · nom · a · ly
Think: “A NOMAD is an anomaly”—a nomad doesn’t follow the usual pattern of staying in one place.
Yes, it's anomaly. Don’t swap the vowels: it’s a-NOM-a-ly (…-m-a-…), not *a-no-ma-ly* or *a-nom-ly*.
Definitions
- nounSomething that is unusual or unexpected and does not fit a normal pattern.
- nounIn science or data, a result or observation that differs from what is typical or predicted.
Examples
- “The warm weather in January was an anomaly for our town.”
- “The scientist checked the instrument again to be sure the strange reading wasn’t an anomaly.”
- “In the data set, one extremely high score looked like an anomaly compared with the rest.”
Synonyms
irregularityoddityabnormalitydeviationexception
Antonyms
normalityregularity
Translations
ES anomalíaPT anomaliaFR anomalie
Common misspellings
anomolyanomallyanommalyanamalieanomilyanomaly
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