different between transfiguration vs anomaly

English

Noun

transfiguration (countable and uncountable, plural transfigurations)

1. A major change in appearance or form; a metamorphosis.
2. A change that exalts or glorifies.
3. superposition of one or more ideal-elements in comparison with other real ones, often through imagination but sometimes at the risk of confusing when not clearly realized.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?malía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ???????? (an?malos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ?????? (homalós, “even”), from ???? (homós, “same”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n?m?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n?m?li/
• Hyphenation: anom?aly

Noun

anomaly (plural anomalies)

1. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

   Synonyms: abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon

2. Something or someone that is strange or unusual.

3. (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.

4. (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
5. (biology) A defect or malformation.
6. (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
7. (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

Synonyms

• (deviation from the norm):

Hyponyms

• eccentric anomaly
• flyby anomaly
• mean anomaly
• true anomaly

Derived terms

• anomaloscope
• anomalous
• deuteranomaly

Translations

Further reading

• anomaly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anomaly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• anomaly at OneLook Dictionary Search