anomalistic
adjUK /əˌnɒm.əˈlɪs.tɪk/ · US /əˌnɑm.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
Etymology From anomaly + -istic.
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Anomalous.
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Irregular.
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Astronomy, Natural sciences Of or pertaining to an anomaly (the angle of a body from its perihelion).
- In Plato's time, when Eudoxus set up his brilliant planetary theory, its observational basis and the knowledge of periods etc. was still quite insufficient. For instance, Eudoxus ignored the sun's anomalistic motion in longitude, but he believed in a motion in latitude which does not exist.1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 225:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Pertaining to anomalism.
- Derived terms
- anomalistically, anomalistic month, anomalistic period, anomalistic revolution, anomalistic year