Anomaly (disambiguation)

Anomaly (Greek ἀνωμαλία) anomalía ("unevenness, irregularity") stands for:

• Anomaly , a deviation from the rule or from usual structures
• Anomaly (medicine) , anatomical expression deviating from the norm
• Anomaly (music), pseudonym of the Canadian musician Nicolas Dupuis
• Density anomaly , unexpected decrease in density on cooling
• Gravity anomaly , local deviation of the gravity acceleration from the normal value
• Magnetic anomaly , local deviation of the earth's magnetic field
• Ionospheric anomaly , deviations of the ionosphere from a homogeneous model
• Anomaly (geology) , a significant change in the structure of geological layers
• Anomaly (meteorology) , the atypical deviation of mean temperature or precipitation from the long-term mean
• Anomaly (quantum field theory) , the breaking of a classical symmetry of a field theory through quantization
• Anomaly (astronomy) , the instantaneous angle of a celestial body to the periapsis of its orbit ellipse ( true, mean and eccentric anomaly )

• Anomaly (computer science) , a malfunction in relational databases
• Capital market anomaly, capital market prices deviating from rational pricing

See also:

• Water anomaly

Wiktionary: anomaly  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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