perturbation
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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perturbation (countable and uncountable; plural perturbations)
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
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[edit] French
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From Latin perturbatio.
[edit] Noun
perturbation f. (plural perturbations)
