Perturbation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of perturbing.
  • n. The state of being perturbed; agitation.
  • n. A small change in a physical system.
  • n. Physics & Astronomy Variation in a designated orbit, as of a planet, resulting from the influence of one or more external bodies.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Agitation; the state of being perturbed
  • n. A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
  • n. Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.
  • n. A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; disturbance; disorder; especially, disquiet of mind; restlessness or want of tranquillity of mind; commotion of the passions.
  • n. Variation; especially, irregular or violent variation.
  • n. A cause of disquiet.
  • n. In astronomy, a deviation of the motion of a planet or comet from a fixed orbit or from its regular velocity in that orbit.
  • n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
  • n. (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
  • n. activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
  • n. the act of causing disorder
  • n. an unhappy and worried mental state
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