Anomalous
adjective
Something that is different from what is normal or expected.
The detected signal was anomalous, which prompted a further investigation.
Often appears as...
- anomalous behavior
- anomalous result
adjective
Involving something that is strange, unusual, or not easily explained.
The butterfly's wings displayed an anomalous pattern that baffled the researchers.
Often appears as...
- anomalous data
- anomalous readings
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Something that is different from what is normal or expected.
The detected signal was anomalous, which prompted a further investigation.
Often appears as...
- anomalous behavior
- anomalous result
adjective
Involving something that is strange, unusual, or not easily explained.
The butterfly's wings displayed an anomalous pattern that baffled the researchers.
Often appears as...
- anomalous data
- anomalous readings
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Dependent
Understand 'anomalous' in context to grasp the level of deviation from the norm.
The player's anomalous scoring streak caught the commentators by surprise.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Surprise
'Anomalous' often suggests a surprise that may not be positive, hinting at possible problems.
Their anomalous behavior raised concerns about their well-being.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'anomalous' is neutral, neither formal nor slang, fitting in various writings.
The audit revealed anomalous transactions in the company's records.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Dependent
Understand 'anomalous' in context to grasp the level of deviation from the norm.
The player's anomalous scoring streak caught the commentators by surprise.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Surprise
'Anomalous' often suggests a surprise that may not be positive, hinting at possible problems.
Their anomalous behavior raised concerns about their well-being.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'anomalous' is neutral, neither formal nor slang, fitting in various writings.
The audit revealed anomalous transactions in the company's records.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Dependent
Understand 'anomalous' in context to grasp the level of deviation from the norm.
The player's anomalous scoring streak caught the commentators by surprise.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Surprise
'Anomalous' often suggests a surprise that may not be positive, hinting at possible problems.
Their anomalous behavior raised concerns about their well-being.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
The word 'anomalous' is neutral, neither formal nor slang, fitting in various writings.
The audit revealed anomalous transactions in the company's records.
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How jails extort the...
She doesn't have access to those medications in Ferguson's jail, because no one has access to their medications. She told me about what it was like to spend two weeks in a cage, hallucinating people and shadows and hearing voices, begging for the medication that would make it all stop, only to be ignored. And this isn't anomalous,
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The human skills we need...
couldn't predict when some crazy kid was going to knock over a display, or when the local high school decided that everybody needed to bring in coconuts the next day. Efficiency works really well when you can predict exactly what you're going to need. But when the anomalous or unexpected comes along --
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The alliances needed to...
response has shown that some countries have great leadership but basically struggle to get the pandemic under control in other countries there was very wadis leadership and a very different outcome was actually observed I mean the anomalous of one of the countries to this day that has hardly
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Jonathan Haidt: How...
making there be a lot of overlap for bipartisan cooperation. So for a lot of reasons, those decades after the Second World War were an historically anomalous time. We will never get back to those low levels of polarization, I believe. But there's a lot that we can do. There are dozens
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Al Gore: How to make...
Last year was the hottest year in recorded history, according to NASA, and the scientists say it’s absolutely unequivocal that we are the cause of that. And we’re hearing Mother Nature and seeing the extreme events. The most anomalous extreme event since records began 200 years ago
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Fisherman With No Fish PIPE...
a week sometimes no catch three days out of the week night was I know what my own their meal said he they don't care they just don't eat has it always been like that oh no no no no anomalous I'm vindicated is lots of fish used to be lots and lots
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Is our universe the only...
but but barring such an anomalous upbringing it is strange to imagine other realms separate from ours most with fundamentally different features that would rightly be called universes of their own and yet speculative though the idea surely is i
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How childhood trauma...
and whose behavioral symptoms go unrecognized, whose asthma management is not connected, and who goes on to develop high blood pressure and early heart disease or cancer will be just as anomalous as a six-month mortality from HIV/AIDS.
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Why is our universe...
But barring such an anomalous upbringing, it is strange to imagine other realms separate from ours, most with fundamentally different features, that would rightly be called universes of their own.
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Safari Live - Day 253 PIPE...
we receive good rains this fabric is going to be completely green anomalous even starting to feed you can see some impalas now are excited to feed from the fire break so these are the
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How jails extort the...
She doesn't have access to those medications in Ferguson's jail, because no one has access to their medications. She told me about what it was like to spend two weeks in a cage, hallucinating people and shadows and hearing voices, begging for the medication that would make it all stop, only to be ignored. And this isn't anomalous,
Video examples
The human skills we need...
couldn't predict when some crazy kid was going to knock over a display, or when the local high school decided that everybody needed to bring in coconuts the next day. Efficiency works really well when you can predict exactly what you're going to need. But when the anomalous or unexpected comes along --
Video examples
The alliances needed to...
response has shown that some countries have great leadership but basically struggle to get the pandemic under control in other countries there was very wadis leadership and a very different outcome was actually observed I mean the anomalous of one of the countries to this day that has hardly
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt: How...
making there be a lot of overlap for bipartisan cooperation. So for a lot of reasons, those decades after the Second World War were an historically anomalous time. We will never get back to those low levels of polarization, I believe. But there's a lot that we can do. There are dozens
Video examples
Al Gore: How to make...
Last year was the hottest year in recorded history, according to NASA, and the scientists say it’s absolutely unequivocal that we are the cause of that. And we’re hearing Mother Nature and seeing the extreme events. The most anomalous extreme event since records began 200 years ago
Video examples
Fisherman With No Fish PIPE...
a week sometimes no catch three days out of the week night was I know what my own their meal said he they don't care they just don't eat has it always been like that oh no no no no anomalous I'm vindicated is lots of fish used to be lots and lots
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
but but barring such an anomalous upbringing it is strange to imagine other realms separate from ours most with fundamentally different features that would rightly be called universes of their own and yet speculative though the idea surely is i
Video examples
How childhood trauma...
and whose behavioral symptoms go unrecognized, whose asthma management is not connected, and who goes on to develop high blood pressure and early heart disease or cancer will be just as anomalous as a six-month mortality from HIV/AIDS.
Video examples
Why is our universe...
But barring such an anomalous upbringing, it is strange to imagine other realms separate from ours, most with fundamentally different features, that would rightly be called universes of their own.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 253 PIPE...
we receive good rains this fabric is going to be completely green anomalous even starting to feed you can see some impalas now are excited to feed from the fire break so these are the
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Quote examples
Stephen J. Dubner
American Journalist
I think the most fundamental error we make is mistaking a noisy, anomalous event for the norm. This happens all the time - in the stock market, in reports of crime and natural disaster, etc. The fact is that big, noisy, anomalous events catch our attention because they're anomalous, which isn't a problem in and of itself.
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Jonathan Dee
American Novelist
In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but to dramatize it, to make it an interesting setting for a story, you want to bring someone anomalous into that setting, to see how she conforms to it, and it to her.
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Erik Larson
American Author
Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.
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Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.
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A. Bartlett Giamatti
American Educator
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
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Stephen Cambone
American Politician
In other words, by finding the anomalous event, what you do is you get out ahead of activities.
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Eric Clapton
British Musician
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
Quote examples
Stephen J. Dubner
American Journalist
I think the most fundamental error we make is mistaking a noisy, anomalous event for the norm. This happens all the time - in the stock market, in reports of crime and natural disaster, etc. The fact is that big, noisy, anomalous events catch our attention because they're anomalous, which isn't a problem in and of itself.
Quote examples
Jonathan Dee
American Novelist
In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but to dramatize it, to make it an interesting setting for a story, you want to bring someone anomalous into that setting, to see how she conforms to it, and it to her.
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Erik Larson
American Author
Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.
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Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.
Quote examples
A. Bartlett Giamatti
American Educator
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
Quote examples
Stephen Cambone
American Politician
In other words, by finding the anomalous event, what you do is you get out ahead of activities.
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Eric Clapton
British Musician
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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