Anomaly may refer to:

Science

Natural

Anomaly (natural sciences) In the natural sciences, especially in atmospheric and Earth sciences involving applied statistics, an ''anomaly'' is a persisting deviation in a physical quantity from its expected value, e.g., the systematic difference between a measurement an ...

** Atmospheric anomaly **

Geophysical anomaly In the natural sciences, especially in atmospheric and Earth sciences involving applied statistics, an ''anomaly'' is a persisting deviation in a physical quantity from its expected value, e.g., the systematic difference between a measurement and ...

Medical

Congenital anomaly A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. The disabilities can r ...

(birth defect), a disorder present at birth ** Physical anomaly, a deformation of an anatomical structure *** Congenital vertebral anomaly, any of several malformations of the spine **

Collie eye anomaly Collie eye anomaly (CEA) is a congenital, inherited, bilateral eye disease of dogs, which affects the retina, choroid, and sclera. It can be a mild disease or cause blindness. CEA is caused by a simple autosomal recessive gene defect. There is ...

, eye disease of dogs *** Coronary artery anomaly, a congenital abnormality in the heart *** Ebstein's anomaly, a congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced *** Uhl anomaly, a congenital heart disease affecting the myocardial muscle *** Vaginal anomalies

Biology

* Anomalous, a species of moth in the Noctuid family *

Chromosome anomaly A chromosomal abnormality, chromosomal anomaly, chromosomal aberration, chromosomal mutation, or chromosomal disorder, is a missing, extra, or irregular portion of chromosomal DNA. These can occur in the form of numerical abnormalities, where ther ...

, a disorder caused by a structural error in a chromosome or an atypical number of chromosomes *

Genetic anomaly A genetic disorder is a health problem caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome. It can be caused by a mutation in a single gene (monogenic) or multiple genes (polygenic) or by a chromosomal abnormality. Although polygenic disorders ...

, a disorder caused by mutation *

Teratology Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development in organisms during their life span. It is a sub-discipline in medical genetics which focuses on the classification of congenital abnormalities in dysmorphology. The relate ...

, the study of developmental anomalies

Physics

Anomalous diffusion Anomalous diffusion is a diffusion process with a non-linear relationship between the mean squared displacement (MSD), \langle r^(\tau )\rangle , and time. This behavior is in stark contrast to Brownian motion, the typical diffusion process descri ...

is the movement of molecules from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration *

Anomalous dispersion In optics, and by analogy other branches of physics dealing with wave propagation, dispersion is the phenomenon in which the phase velocity of a wave depends on its frequency; sometimes the term chromatic dispersion is used for specificity to o ...

(optics), when the speed of an electromagnetic wave increases with increasing frequency *

Anomalon :Anomalon ''is also the type genus of the ichneumon-wasp subfamily Anomaloninae.'' See ''Anomalon (genus)''. In physics, an anomalon is a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section. They were first ...

, a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section *

Anomaly (physics) In quantum physics an anomaly or quantum anomaly is the failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action to be a symmetry of any regularization of the full quantum theory. In classical physics, a classical anomaly is the failure of a sy ...

, a failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action *

Conformal anomaly A conformal anomaly, scale anomaly, trace anomaly or Weyl anomaly is an anomaly, i.e. a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory. A classically conformal theory is a theory which, when placed on a surface w ...

, a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory * Chiral anomaly, an anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current * Gauge anomaly, the effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory *

Global anomaly In theoretical physics, a global anomaly is a type of anomaly: in this particular case, it is a quantum effect that invalidates a large gauge transformation that would otherwise be preserved in the classical theory. This leads to an inconsistenc ...

, an anomaly in quantum physics *

Gravitational anomaly In theoretical physics, a gravitational anomaly is an example of a gauge 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 s ...

, an effect in quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of some theories of general relativity *

Konishi anomaly 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. More precisely, this transformation changes the phase of a chiral ...

, the violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations *

Mixed anomaly 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 r ...

, an effect in quantum mechanics *

Parity anomaly In theoretical physics a quantum field theory is said to have a parity anomaly if its classical action is invariant under a change of parity of the universe, but the quantum theory is not invariant. This kind of anomaly can occur in odd-dimens ...

, an anomaly associated with parity

Astronomy

*In astronomy, an anomaly of an elliptical orbit, generally measured with respect to an

apsis An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. For example, the apsides of the Earth are called the aphelion and perihelion. General description There are two apsides in any el ...

, usually the periapsis * Anomalous precession, another term for "apsidal precession" *

Eccentric anomaly In orbital mechanics, the eccentric anomaly is an angular parameter that defines the position of a body that is moving along an elliptic Kepler orbit. The eccentric anomaly is one of three angular parameters ("anomalies") that define a position a ...

, an intermediate value used to compute the position of a celestial object as a function of time * Flyby anomaly, an unexpected energy increase during the flybys of the Earth by various satellites *

Mean anomaly In celestial mechanics, the mean anomaly is the fraction of an elliptical orbit's period that has elapsed since the orbiting body passed periapsis, expressed as an angle which can be used in calculating the position of that body in the classica ...

, a measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics * Pioneer anomaly, the observed deviation of the trajectories of some unmanned space probes, and especially Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 *

South Atlantic Anomaly The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is an area where Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to Earth's surface, dipping down to an altitude of . This leads to an increased flux of energetic particles in this region and exposes orbiti ...

, an area where the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth's surface *

True anomaly In celestial mechanics, true anomaly is an angular parameter that defines the position of a body moving along a Keplerian orbit. It is the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of the body, as seen from the main foc ...

, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit

Culture

Fictional entities

*Anomaly, a rift in the space-time continuum in the television series '' Futurama'' *Anomaly, any shortcut to hyperspace travel in Robert Heinlein's novels of the 1950s, today called

wormhole A wormhole ( Einstein-Rosen bridge) is a hypothetical structure connecting disparate points in spacetime, and is based on a special solution of the Einstein field equations. A wormhole can be visualized as a tunnel with two ends at separate p ...

s * "Anomaly" (''Star Trek: Enterprise''), a 2003 episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' *''

The Anomaly ''The Anomaly'' is a 2014 British science fiction action thriller film co-written, directed by and starring Noel Clarke and also featuring Ian Somerhalder and Luke Hemsworth. The film was panned by critics. Plot Ex-soldier Ryan Reeve wakes up ...

'', a 2014 film *

Anomaly (comics) Here is a list of supervillains appearing in DC Comics who are or have been enemies of the superhero Superman. Several of Superman's opponents (most notably Darkseid and Brainiac) are or have been foes of the Justice League as well. Unlike mos ...

, a villain in DC Comics * Anomaly (Primeval), a time portal in the TV series ''Primeval'' * Spatial anomaly, an extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum in the ''Star Trek'' universe *The Fortean anomaly, in the work of Charles Fort *The Tycho Magnetic Anomaly (TMA) on the Moon in the novel and in the film ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick *Entities in the

SCP SCP may refer to: Organizations Political parties * Soviet Communist Party, the leading political party in the former Soviet Union * Syrian Communist Party * Sudanese Communist Party * Scottish Christian Party Companies * Seattle Computer Produ ...

universe are often referred to as "anomalies"

Video games

*'' Anomaly: Warzone Earth'', a real time strategy video game **'' Anomaly Korea'' **''

Anomaly 2 ''Anomaly: Warzone Earth'' is a real-time strategy tower defense video game by 11 bit studios. The game was initially announced in late 2010, and released on April 8, 2011 for Windows and Mac OS X. Plot The game is set in the near future, wher ...

Publications

*'' The Anomalies'', a 2003 novel by Joey Goebel *

Anomaly (series) Anomaly is a 2013 dystopian science-fiction Christian trilogy by Krista McGee, published through Thomas Nelson. The first book in the series, ''Anomaly'', was published on July 9, 2013. The series's second entry, ''Luminary'', was published on J ...

, a 2013 trilogy by Krista McGee * ''Anomaly'' (graphic novel), a graphic novel by Brian Haberlin * ''The Anomaly'' (novel), a novel by French author Hervé Le Tellier

Music

Albums

* ''Anomaly'' (Ace Frehley album) (2009) * ''Anomalies'' (album) (2005), by Cephalic Carnage * ''Anomaly'' (The Hiatus album) (2010) * ''Anomaly'' (Lecrae album) (2014) *'' Anomalies, Vol. 1'' (2010), by Cave In

Songs

*" Anna Molly" (a word play on the word "anomaly"), by Incubus *"Anomaly", a 2004 song by Psyopus from the album '' Ideas of Reference'' *"An Anomaly", a 2007 song by It Prevails from the album ''The Inspiration'' *"The Anomaly", a 2011 song by Scar Symmetry from the album '' The Unseen Empire'' *"Anomaly", a 2012 song by KB from the album '' Weight & Glory''

Technology

Anomaly detection In data analysis, anomaly detection (also referred to as outlier detection and sometimes as novelty detection) is generally understood to be the identification of rare items, events or observations which deviate significantly from the majority o ...

, the process of detecting anomalies from the other, relevant data *

Anomaly in software A software bug is an error, flaw or fault in the design, development, or operation of computer software that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways. The process of finding and correcting bugs i ...

, any condition that deviates from expectation

Business

Market anomaly A market anomaly in a financial market is predictability that seems to be inconsistent with (typically risk-based) theories of asset prices. Standard theories include the capital asset pricing model and the Fama-French Three Factor Model, but a ...

, a distortion in prices in a financial market *

Anomaly (advertising agency) Anomaly is an advertising agency based in New York City. History Anomaly was founded in 2004 with a goal to integrate advertising more widely across various media. They have offices in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, London, Berlin and Shangha ...

, a marketing communications agency based in New York

Other uses

* Anomalistics, the study of scientific anomalies *

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, "Blake you are such an anomaly" * Ararat anomaly, an object on Mount Ararat in Turkey claimed to be the remains of Noah's Ark * Irregular (disambiguation) *

Outlier In statistics, an outlier is a data point that differs significantly from other observations. An outlier may be due to a variability in the measurement, an indication of novel data, or it may be the result of experimental error; the latter are ...

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