word of the day: anomaly

[imperfectionisperfection]

noun
plural anomalies
a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.

Synonyms: exception, aberration, abnormality
an anomalous person or thing; one that is abnormal or does not fit in.

With his quiet nature, he was an anomaly in his exuberant family.

an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.

an incongruity or inconsistency.

Astronomy., a quantity measured in degrees, defining the position of an orbiting body with respect to the point at which it is nearest to or farthest from its primary.

Meteorology., the amount of deviation of a meteorological quantity from the accepted normal value of that quantity.

Grammar., irregularity.