For Anomaly we have terms and definitions in 7 topics. The topics are Accounting, Health, Hunting, Invitro Fertilization, Planetary Science, Plastic Surgery and Security Testing.

Anomaly (Accounting)

generallyis a deviation from the common rule. It is an irregularity that is difficult to explain using existing rules or theory. In securitiesit is an unexplained or unexpected price or rate relationship that seems to offer an opportunity for an arbitrage-type profitalthough not typically without risk. Examples include the tendency of small stocks to outperform large stocksof stocks with low price-to-book value ratios to outperform stocks with high price-to-book value ratiosand of discount currency forward contracts to outperform premium currency forward contracts.

Anomaly (Health)

A health problem or feature not normally present in a healthy individual; a deviation from the normal.

Anomaly (Hunting)

As applied to astronomy, the anomaly is the angle made at any time by the radius vector of a planet or moon with its line of apsides, the angle being reckoned from perihelion or perigee in the direction of the body's motion. It is called the true anomaly when referred to the actual position of the body, and mean anomaly when referred to a fictitious body moving with a uniform angular velocity equal to the average velocity of the real body and passing perihelion or perigee at the same time.

Anomaly (Invitro Fertilization)

Malformation or abnormality in any part of the baby.

Anomaly (Planetary Science)

A deviation from the common rule, type, or form; something abnormal or inconsistent.

Anomaly (Plastic Surgery)

A health problem or feature not normally present in a healthy individual; a deviation from the normal.

Anomaly (Security Testing)

An anomaly is a rule or practice that is different from what is normal or usual, and which is therefore unsatisfactory.
Anything observed in the documentation or operation of software that deviates from expectations based on previously verified software products or reference documents.

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