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perturbation

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio.

noun perturbations

  1. uncountable Agitation; the state of being perturbed. Reſtore your ſelues, vnto your temper, Fathers; / And, vvithout perturbation, heare me ſpeake: […]
  2. countable A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system). Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus.
  3. countable Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.

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noun agitation

Españolperturbación
Portuguêsperturbação
Françaisperturbation
DeutschStörung
Italianoperturbazione
Русскийсмяте́ние smjaténije

noun a small change in a physical system or any definable system

Españolperturbación
Italianoperturbazione
Русскийпертурба́ция perturbácija

noun variation in an orbit

Españolperturbación
日本語摂動 setsudō
Italianoperturbazione
Русскийпертурба́ция perturbácija, возмуще́ние vozmuščénije

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@misc{perturbation_2026,
  title = {perturbation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/perturbation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}