anomalous
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8.1
- adjective
- /əˈnɑːmələs/
- The scientist noted an anomalous reading on the experiment, suggesting a possible error.
- anomalous experience
- anomalous finding
- anomalous situation
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Watch on YouTubeThere's just too many things that are anomalous right now.
- There's just too many things that are anomalous right now.
- But so Chris and Melinda both have a wide range of anomalous experiences.
- You know, it wasn't moving at that time so fast that it could be called anomalous.
- So I mean, it's not just UAP stuff that's anomalous and weird.
- And some people are probably more receptive to anomalous information.
- So imagine a, a scenario where maybe some people reporting some sort of really anomalous issue, a UAP perhaps.
- And so I called it atypical cognition, this change of term, you know, atypical anomalous.
- They're they're trying to go for this sort of open source movement and try to figure out, I guess anomalous propulsion.
- It's, it's anomalous in this, in that there aren't many things that individuals and human beings do that by the very nature are lonely.
Examples
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There was this one really anomalous event and it just sticks out, and that is the Great Depression.
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Possible reasons for this seemingly anomalous finding will be discussed below.
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This is a truly anomalous formation.
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In the latter part of this article, I offer an account of how this anomalous situation developed.
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Many normal people have anomalous experiences but do not develop delusions.
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There were anomalous circular abrasions on some of the pieces.
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The overall low level of SES in our sample may have contributed to this anomalous finding.
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In this essay, I explore the historically anomalous character of Enlightenment anti-imperialism.
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The second paper discussed the use of deep, recurrent neural networks to detect anomalous network activity from system logs.
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Then give me a level-1 diagnostic of any onboard sensors, and run a manual sweep of any anomalous airborne or electromagnetic readings.
Synonyms
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3.2
Strange or unusual in a way that makes people feel uncomfortable
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2.3
Unusual and slightly odd in a way you cannot easily understand
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2.2
Not common and different from what people expect
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1.0
Different from what is normal or expected
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2.0
Not usual and not like what people expect
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5.9
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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4.0
Strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
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4.6
Different from what is normal and expected
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4.2
Different from what is usual in a way that may be worrying
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4.1
Not normal or what people expect
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4.1
Not usual and different from what people expect
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7.3
Not following the usual rules or customs
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7.4
Strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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5.7
Different from what is usual or expected
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8.2
Different from what is normal, often in a way people see as wrong
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5.4
Not usual for a person or thing
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3.4
Not following a usual pattern or rule
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4.8
Not usual or expected
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7.0
Not usual and different from what you expect
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7.9
Slightly strange in a small, gentle way
Different from what is normal or expected
Antonyms
Compounds
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9.9
A way of sending messages by telepathy or other methods outside the normal senses
How Anomalous
Surface Forms
Morphology
anomalous = anomaly (transparent) = anomal + ous
Formed from 'anomaly' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ous' (spelling changes from -y to -ous), and the meaning directly derives from the noun.
Etymology
Anomalous comes from an old Greek word made of a- 'not' and homalos 'even', so it originally meant 'not even'. That's why something anomalous is 'different from what is usual' or 'irregular'.