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Normality vs Anomaly - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between normality and anomaly

is that normality is the state of being normal or usual; normalcy while anomaly is a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.

normality

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being normal or usual; normalcy.
  • :Jessie was going to wear pants to school, but her brother persuaded her to wear shorts to preserve normality .
  • (chemistry) The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.
  • (countable, mathematics, statistics) A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being normal) normalcy (US)

    Antonyms

    * abnormality

    See also

    * molarity * molality

    anomaly

    English

    (wikipedia anomaly)

    Noun

    (anomalies)
  • A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
    • This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
  • Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
    • He is an anomaly among his friends.
  • (science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
  • (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
  • (biology) A defect or malformation.
  • (quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
  • (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

    • Synonyms

    * (deviation from the norm) abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon

    Derived terms

    () * anomaloscope * anomalous * eccentric anomaly * flyby anomaly * mean anomaly * true anomaly

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