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An anomaly is an irregularity, a mis proportion, or something that is strange or unusual, or unique.
In the following particular contexts it may refer to:
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Astronomy
- Eccentric anomaly, intermediate value used to compute the position of a celestial object as a function of time
- Flyby anomaly, unexpected energy increase during Earth flybys of satellites
- Mean anomaly, measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics
- Pioneer anomaly, observed deviation of the trajectories of various unmanned spacecraft
- South Atlantic Anomaly, region where Earth's inner van Allen radiation belt makes its closest approach to the planet's surface
- True anomaly, angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit
Geophysics
- Bouguer anomaly, anomaly in gravimetry
- Free-air anomaly, gravity anomaly that has been computed for latitude and corrected for elevation of the station
- Gravity anomaly, difference between the observed gravity and a value predicted from a model
- Iridium anomaly, very rare element in the Earth's crust
- Magnetic anomaly, local variation in the Earth's magnetic field
- Kursk Magnetic Anomaly, territory rich in iron ores located within Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, and Oryol Oblast
- Temagami Magnetic Anomaly, large buried geologic structure in the Temagami region of Ontario, Canada
Biology
- Congenital vertebral anomaly, collection of malformations of the spine in animals and infants
- Collie eye anomaly, congenital, inherited, bilateral eye disease of dogs involving the retina, choroid, and sclera
- Coronary artery anomaly, congenital abnormality in the coronary anatomy of the heart
- Ebstein's anomaly, congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the right ventricle of the heart
- Uhl anomaly, very rare congenital heart disease with a partial or total loss of the myocardial muscle in the right ventricle
Quantum physics
- Anomaly (physics), failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action
- Conformal anomaly, quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory
- Chiral anomaly, anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current
- Gauge anomaly, effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory
- Global anomaly, anomaly in quantum physics
- Gravitational anomaly, effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of a theory of general relativity
- Mixed anomaly, effect of quantum mechanics
- Parity anomaly, anomaly associated with parity
Science fiction
- Spatial anomaly, broad term in Star Trek and other science fiction for any sort of extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum
- Anomaly, shortcut to hyperspace travel in Robert Heinlein's 1950s novels, today called a wormhole
- Anomaly (comics), DC Comics villain
- "Anomaly" (Star Trek: Enterprise), an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- Anomaly (Primeval), time portal in TV series Primeval
- Anomalies, small areas in the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl which have various effects on the game environment
- Anomaly, a bridge to another world in the book series His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman.
- Phobos Anomaly, a level in Doom, Episode 1 Level 8
- Deimos Anomaly, a level in Doom, Episode 2 Level 1
Music
- Anomalies (album), 2005 album by Cephalic Carnage
- "Anna Molly" (word play on "anomaly"), song by Incubus from 2006 album Light Grenades
- "Anomaly", song by Delta-S from 2007 album Voyage to Isis
Other
- Anomaly (Forteana), anomaly associated with Charles Fort's ideas
- Ararat anomaly, object on Mount Ararat claimed to be Noah's Ark
- Konishi anomaly, violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations
- Market anomaly, price distortion on a financial market
- Anomaly in software, anything that differs from expectations, whether the expectations resulted from documentation, experiences or otherwise
See also
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