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English

Etymology

perturb + -ation

Pronunciation

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪʃǝn|-eɪʃǝn

Noun

agitation|Agitation; the state of being perturbed
A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
, (astronomy) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies

Translations

Italian: perturbazione (all)

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French

Etymology

From perturbatio.

Noun

de:perturbation et:perturbation fr:perturbation io:perturbation pl:perturbation ru:perturbation fi:perturbation sv:perturbation ta:perturbation te:perturbation vi:perturbation zh:perturbation

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Perturbation \Per`tur*ba"tion\, n. [L. perturbatio: cf. F.
perturbation.]
1. The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed;
esp., agitation of mind.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Astron.) A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other
motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force
additional to that which causes its regular motion; as,
the perturbations of the planets are caused by their
attraction on each other. --Newcomb.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet perturbation
n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much
anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset
she caused me" [syn: disturbance, upset]
2: (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it
to deviate slightly
3: activity that is an intrusion or interruption; "he looked
around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a
disturbance of neural function" [syn: disturbance]
4: a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset [syn: fluster]
5: the act of causing disorder [syn: disruption]

Moby Dictionary
ado , aggravation , agitation , all-overs , angst , animation , anxiety ,
anxiety hysteria , anxiety neurosis , anxious bench , anxious concern ,
anxious seat , anxiousness , apprehension , apprehensiveness , arousal ,
arousing , baffle , bafflement , befuddlement , bewilderment , bluster ,
bobbery , boil , boiling , bother , botheration , brouhaha , bustle ,
cankerworm of care , care , chaos , chills of fear , churn , cloud ,
cold creeps , cold shivers , cold sweat , commotion , concern ,
concernment , confoundment , confusion , conturbation , convulsion ,
creeps , daze , derangement , dilemma , disarrangement , disarray ,
disarticulation , discombobulation , discomfiture , discomposure ,
disconcert , disconcertedness , disconcertion , disconcertment ,
disharmony , dishevelment , disintegration , disjunction , dislocation ,
disorder , disorderliness , disorganization , disorientation ,
disproportion , disquiet , disquietude , disruption , distress ,
disturbance , dread , ebullience , ebullition , eddy , effervescence ,
electrification , embarrassment , embroilment , enigma , entropy ,
exacerbation , exasperation , excitation , excitement , exhilaration ,
fear , fear and trembling , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , fever ,
feverishness , fidgets , fix , flap , flummox , flurry , fluster ,
flutter , flutteration , fog , foment , fomentation , foreboding ,
forebodingness , frenzy , fuddle , fuddlement , fume , fuss ,
galvanization , goose bumps , gooseflesh , haphazardness , haze ,
heartquake , horripilation , hubbub , hurly-burly , hurry ,
hurry-scurry , incitement , incoherence , indiscriminateness ,
inflammation , infuriation , inharmonious harmony , inquietude ,
insanity , irregularity , irritation , jam , jimjams , jitters , jumble ,
jumpiness , lathering up , maelstrom , malaise , maze , mess ,
misarrangement , misgiving , mist , moil , most admired disorder ,
muddle , muddlement , mystery , nerviness , nervous tension ,
nervousness , nonplus , nonsymmetry , nonuniformity , overanxiety ,
palpitation , pell-mell , perplexity , pickle , pins and needles ,
plight , pother , predicament , problem , promiscuity , promiscuousness ,
provocation , pucker , puzzle , puzzlement , quaking , quandary ,
quiver of terror , randomness , restlessness , riddle , roil , rout ,
row , ruffle , scrape , seethe , seething , shivers , shuffle , shuffling ,
solicitude , steaming up , stew , stimulation , stimulus , stir ,
stirring , stirring up , strain , suspense , sweat , swirl , swirling ,
swivet , tension , thrill of fear , tizzy , to-do , trepidation ,
trepidity , trouble , tumult , tumultuation , turbidity , turbulence ,
turmoil , twitter , unassuredness , unease , uneasiness , unquietness ,
unrest , unsettlement , unsymmetry , ununiformity , uproar , upset ,
vexation , vortex , whipping up , whirl , working up , yeastiness ,
zeal

PERTURBATION. This is a technical word which signifies disturbance, or infringement of a right. It is usually applied to the disturbance of pews, or seats in a church. In the ecclesiastical courts actions for these disturbances are technically called "suits for perturbation of seat." 1 Phillim. 323. Vide Pew.