anomalistic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˌnɒm.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˌnɑm.əˈlɪs.tɪk/
Adjective
anomalistic (comparative more anomalistic, superlative most anomalistic)
- Anomalous.
- Irregular.
- (astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (the angle of a body from its perihelion).
- 1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 225:
- 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.
- (linguistics) Pertaining to anomalism.
Derived terms
- anomalistically
- anomalistic month
- anomalistic period
- anomalistic revolution
- anomalistic year
Translations
anomalous — see anomalous
irregular — see irregular
pertaining to an astronomical anomaly
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pertaining to linguistic anomalism
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