
anomaly
anomaly (e-nòm´e-lê) noun
plural anomalies
1. Deviation or departure from the normal or common
order, form, or rule: "
NASA's
system for tracking anomalies for flight readiness reviews failed" (Presidential
Commission Report on the Challenger Disaster).
2. One that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal,
or difficult to classify: "Both men are anomalies: they have . . . likable
personalities but each has made his reputation as a heavy" (David Pauly).
3. Astronomy. The angular deviation, as observed
from the sun, of a planet from its perihelion.
- anom´alis´tic (-lîs´tîk)
or anom´alis´tical adjective
- anom´alis´tically adverb
anomaly (noun)
disorder: irregularity, anomalousness, anomaly,
nonuniformity
nonconformity: anomaly, exception, exclusion
birth defect
birth defect (bûrth dê´fèkt´)
noun
A physiological or structural abnormality that develops
at or before birth and is present at the
time
of birth, especially as a result of faulty development, infection, heredity,
or injury. Also called congenital anomaly.
syndactyly
syndactyly (sîn-dàk´te-lê)
or syndactylism (-te-lîz´em) noun
Biology.
1. The condition of having two or more
fused
digits, as occurs normally in certain mammals and birds.
2. A congenital anomaly in human beings characterized by
two or more fused fingers or toes.
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The paradox of hypermodernity is that one can only
understand it if one goes back 100,000 years in time. History is an anomaly.
History is a complete fluke. It's a brief, episodic, transitional phenomenon.
It's not going to leave more than a centimeter of deposition in the strata
of this planet. It is the platform from which we will launch the collective
soul of our species out into the higher life of the galaxy. We use the
metaphor "Mother Earth," but if the earth is our Mother then we must be
parted from her. The earth may be the cradle of humankind but you don't
stay in the cradle forever unless there is something wrong with you. So
earth is the platform, and
psychedelic
substances, human machine interphasing,
nanotechnology,
quantum-distribution
of
information
are
the means.
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emo/
punk
record label Anomaly. ca. 1991-1993
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film
_Matrix:
Reloaded_
Architect: Hello, Neo.
Neo: Who are you?
Architect: I am the Architect. I created the Matrix. I've been waiting for
you. You have many questions, and though the process has
altered
your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo some of my answers
you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your
first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also
the most irrelevant.
Neo: Why am I here?
Architect: Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation
inherent to the programming of the Matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly,
which, despite my sincerest efforts, I have been unable to eliminate from what
is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden
assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of
control. Which has led you, inexorably... here.
Neo: You haven't answered my question.
Architect: Quite right. Interesting. That was quicker than the others.
