Anomaly
Anomaly, The Anomaly or Anomalies may refer to: == Science == === Natural === Anomaly (natural sciences) Atmospheric anomaly Geophysical anomaly === Medical === Congenital anomaly (birth defect), a disorder present at birth Physical anomaly, a deformation of an anatomical structure Congenital vertebral anomaly, any of several malformations of the spine Collie eye anomaly, eye disease of dogs Coronary artery anomaly, a congenital abnormality in the heart Ebstein's anomaly, a congenital heart defect Uhl anomaly, a congenital heart disease affecting the myocardial muscle Vaginal anomalies === Biology === Anomalous, a species of moth in the Noctuid family Chromosome anomaly, a disorder caused by a structural error in a chromosome or an atypical number of chromosomes Genetic anomaly, a disorder caused by mutation Teratology, the study of developmental anomalies === Physics === Anomalous diffusion, the movement of molecules from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration Anomalous dispersion (optics), when the speed of an electromagnetic wave increases with increasing frequency Anomalon, a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section Anomaly (physics), a failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action Conformal anomaly, a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory Chiral anomaly, an anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current Gauge anomaly, the effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory Global anomaly, in quantum physics Gravitational anomaly, an effect in quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of some theories of general relativity Konishi anomaly, the violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations Mixed anomaly, an effect in quantum mechanics Parity anomaly, associated with parity === Astronomy === In astronomy, an anomaly of an elliptical orbit, generally measured with respect to an apsis, usually the periapsis Anomalous precession, another term for "apsidal precession" Eccentric anomaly, an intermediate value used to compute the position of a celestial object as a function of time Flyby anomaly, an unexpected energy increase during the flybys of the Earth by various satellites Mean anomaly, a measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics Pioneer anomaly, the observed deviation of the trajectories of some uncrewed space probes, and especially Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 South Atlantic Anomaly, an area where the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth's surface True anomaly, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit == Arts and media == === Fictional characters === Anomaly (comics), a villain in DC Comics Entities in the SCP universe, often referred to as "anomalies" === Fictional features in media === Anomaly, a rift in the space-time continuum in the television series Futurama Anomaly, a time portal in the TV series Primeval The Fortean anomaly, in the work of Charles Fort Spatial anomaly, an extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum in the Star Trek universe The Tycho Magnetic Anomaly (TMA) on the Moon in the novel and in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick === Film and television === "Anomaly" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2003 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise The Anomaly (film), a 2014 film === Video and table-top games === Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a 2011 real time strategy video game Anomaly Korea Anomaly 2 Anomaly Collapse, a 2024 turn-based strategy video game Anomalies (Traveller), a 1997 anthology of nine adventures for the role-playing game Traveller === Literature === The Anomalies, a 2003 novel by Joey Goebel Anomaly (series), a 2013 trilogy by Krista McGee Anomaly (graphic novel), by Brian Haberlin The Anomaly (novel), by French author Hervé Le Tellier === Music === ==== Albums ==== Anomaly (Ace Frehley album) (2009) Anomalies (album) (2005), by Cephalic Carnage Anomaly (The Hiatus album) (2010) Anomaly (Lecrae album) (2014) Anomalies, Vol.