1. Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
   "The anomaly of the data prompted further investigation";
   - anomalousness
    
2. A person who is unusual
   "The eccentric inventor was considered an anomaly in his small town";
   - unusual person
    
3. (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
   "The astronomer calculated the anomaly of Mars in its orbit"

Derived forms: anomalies

Type of: abnormalcy [US], abnormality, individual, mortal, person, place, position, somebody, someone, soul

Encyclopedia: Anomaly