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Strangeness vs Anomaly - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between strangeness and anomaly

is that strangeness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being strange, odd or weird while anomaly is a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.

strangeness

English

Noun

(wikipedia strangeness) (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
  • (countable) The product or result of being strange.
  • (physics) one of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles that depends upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks

    • Synonyms

    * (condition of being strange) oddity, weirdness

    Related terms

    * strange * stranger * strangely

    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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