Look up anomaly in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Anomaly may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Astronomy

• Eccentric anomaly, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit
• Flyby anomaly, an unexpected energy increase during Earth flybys of satellites
• Mean anomaly, a measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics
• Pioneer anomaly, the observed deviation of the trajectories of various unmanned spacecraft
• South Atlantic Anomaly, the region where Earth's inner van Allen radiation belt makes its closest approach to the planet's surface
• True anomaly, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit

The eccentric anomaly is the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit, projected onto the ellipses circumscribing circle perpendicularly to the major axis, measured at the centre of the ellipse. ... Unsolved problems in physics: What causes the unexpected change in acceleration for flybys of satellites? The flyby anomaly is an unexpected energy increase during Earth flybys of satellites. ... In the study of orbital dynamics the mean anomaly is a measure of time, specific to the orbiting body p, which is a multiple of 2π radians at and only at periapsis. ... The Pioneer anomaly or Pioneer effect is the observed deviation from expectations of the trajectories of various unmanned spacecraft visiting the outer solar system, notably Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11. ... The Van Allen radiation belts and the point of the South Atlantic Anomaly. ... In astronomy, the true anomaly (, also written ) is the angle between the direction z-s of periapsis and the current position p of an object on its orbit, measured at the focus s of the ellipse (the point around which the object orbits). ...

Geophysics

• Bouguer anomaly, an anomaly in gravimetry
• Free-air anomaly, the gravity anomaly that has been computed for latitude and corrected for elevation of the station
• Gravity anomaly, the difference between the observed gravity and a value predicted from a model
• Iridium anomaly, a very rare element in the Earth's crust
• Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, a territory rich in iron ores located within Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, and Oryol Oblast

In geodesy and geophysics, the Bouguer anomaly is computed from a free-air anomaly by computationally removing from it the attraction of the terrain, the Bouguer reduction. ... In geodesy, a free air anomaly is the difference between observed gravity and theoretical gravity that has been computed for latitude and corrected for elevation of the station above or below the geoid, by application of the normal rate of change of gravity for change of elevation, as in free... Gravity anomalies are widely used in geodesy and geophysics. ... The term iridium anomaly commonly refers to an unusual abundance of the chemical element iridium in a layer of rock strata, often taken as evidence of an extraterrestrial impact event because of the case of such an anomaly at the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary (often abbreviated K-T boundary). ... Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (Russian: Курская магнитная аномалия) is a territory rich in iron ores located within Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, and Oryol Oblast, and constitutes a significant part of the Central Chernozyom Region. ...

Medicine

• Congenital vertebral anomaly, a collection of malformations of the spine in animals and infants
• Collie eye anomaly, a congenital, inherited, bilateral eye disease of dogs involving the retina, choroid, and sclera
• Coronary artery anomaly, a congenital abnormality in the coronary anatomy of the heart
• Ebstein's anomaly, a congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the right ventricle of the heart
• Uhl anomaly, a very seldom congenital heart disease with a partial or total loss of the myocard muscle in the righter ventricle

Congenital vertebral anomalies are a collection of malformations of the spine in animals. ... Collie eye anomaly (CEA) is a congenital, inherited, bilateral eye disease of dogs involving the retina, choroid, and sclera. ... Coronary artery anomalies are congenital abnormalities in the coronary anatomy of the heart. ... Ebsteins anomaly is a congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the apex of the right ventricle of the heart. ... Normal heart Uhl anomaly was first described in 1952[1]. It is a very seldom (lesser than 100 cases since 1993) congenital heart disease with a partial or total loss of the myocard muscle in the righter ventricle. ...

Quantum physics

• Anomaly (physics), the failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action
• Conformal anomaly, a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory
• Chiral anomaly, the anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current
• Gauge anomaly, an effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory
• Global anomaly, an anomaly in quantum physics
• Gravitational anomaly, an effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of a theory of general relativity
• Mixed anomaly, an effect of quantum mechanics
• Parity anomaly, an anomaly associated with parity

In physics, an anomaly is a classical symmetry — a symmetry of the Lagrangian — that is broken in quantum field theories. ... Conformal anomaly is an anomaly a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory. ... A chiral anomaly is the anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current. ... In theoretical physics, a gauge anomaly is an example of an anomaly: it is an effect of quantum mechanics - usually a one-loop diagram - that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory i. ... In theoretical physics, a global anomaly is a type of anomaly: in this particular case, it is a quantum effect that invalidates a discrete symmetry that would otherwise be preserved in the classical theory. ... Anomalies in the usual 4 spacetime dimensions arise from triangle Feynman diagrams In theoretical physics, a gravitational anomaly is an example of an anomaly: it is an effect of quantum mechanics - usually a one-loop diagram - that invalidates the general covariance of a theory of general relativity combined with some... In theoretical physics, a mixed anomaly is an example of an anomaly: it is an effect of quantum mechanics - usually a one-loop diagram - that implies that the classically valid general covariance and gauge symmetry of a theory of general relativity combined with gauge fields and fermionic fields cannot be... In a quantum field theory over an odd dimensional spacetime with fermions with a classical action which is invariant under parity, we may sometimes have parity anomalies, which is an anomaly associated with parity, which is broken. ...

Religion

• Ararat anomaly, an object on Mount Ararat claimed to be Noah's Ark

Picture of the Ararat anomaly taken by the US Defense Intelligence Agency in 1949 The Ararat anomaly is an object appearing on photographs of the snowfields at the summit of Mount Ararat, Turkey, and advanced by some believers in Biblical literalism as the remains of Noahs Ark. ...

Other

• Anomaly (comics), a DC Comics villain
• Konishi anomaly, the violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations
• Market anomaly, a price distortion on a financial market
• Anomaly in software, everything that differs from expectation. This expectation can result from a document or from a persons notion or experiences.
• Anomaly (music), a Danish rock'n'metal band
• "Anomaly" (Enterprise episode), a third season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Spatial anomaly, a very broad term for any sort of extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum in the fictional universe of Star Trek
• Time anomaly, a fictional phenomena from the TV series Primeval
• Anomalies, a musical album by Cephalic Carnage.
• Anomalies, small areas in the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl which have different effects on the game environment.
• Anna-Molly, a song by Incubus whose title sounds like "anomaly" when sung. It refers to "a woman who may or may not exist in real life".

Anomaly is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. ... In theoretical physics, the Konishi anomaly is the violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations in theories with N=1 supersymmetry. ... A market anomaly (or inefficiency) is a price distortion on a financial market. ... Look up anomaly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Anomaly is the title of a Star Trek: Enterprise television episode from season three. ... In the fictional universe of Star Trek, a spatial anomaly is a very broad term for any sort of extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum. ... Time anomalies are fictional phenomena which occur in the science fiction television series Primeval and are a specific type of time portal. ... Cast of Primeval: (left to right:) Hannah Spearritt, Andrew-Lee Potts, Douglas Henshall, Lucy Brown, James Murray and Mark Wakeling. ... Anomalies is Cephalic Carnages 3rd full-length album released on Relapse Records, and their most current album to date. ... Cephalic Carnage is a musical group formed in Denver, Colorado in 1992. ... S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is an unreleased FPS computer game. ... Anna Molly (pronounced like the word anomaly when sung as word play) is the lead single off Incubuss sixth album, Light Grenades. ... Incubus is a five-piece American alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. ...

See also

• Anomalous phenomenon
• Irregular

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.