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Word: Perturbation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin perturbatio(n-), from the verb perturbare ‘disturb greatly’ (see perturb)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpəːtəˈbeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
anxiety; mental uneasiness
Short Definition:anxiety or uneasiness
Examples:- she sensed her friend's perturbation
Definition:
a deviation of a system, moving object, or process from its regular or normal state or path, caused by an outside influence
Short Definition:deviation of system etc. through outside influence
Examples:- these shifts and swings in wildlife populations are possibly related to climatic perturbations
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