Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Perturbation; disturbance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Disturbance; perturbation.

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  • noun perturbation

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Examples

  • Just perturbance at another worthless uttering from a delusional campaign apparently meriting yet another "camp hillary says ..." post.

    Harold Ickes: Hillary Will Need "A Few" More Super-Dels Than Obama To Catch Him 2009

  • The effect probably helps flyers regain equilibrium when hit by gusts of wind, providing a natural stabilizer that engages before their brains can react to a perturbance, said Hedrick.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • I sense something -- a perturbance in the Force I have not felt since ...

    Ewok Cook-Out 2005

  • I sense something -- a perturbance in the Force I have not felt since ...

    Archive 2005-05-08 2005

  • It really can't afford even the slightest perturbance.

    CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2005 2005

  • In one corner the Whitney servants, their inward perturbance showing in their white scared faces, sat huddled together, but there was no sign of Mr. and Mrs. Whitney and Kathleen.

    I Spy Natalie Sumner Lincoln 1908

  • She was not willing to add yet an element of perturbance to the overcharged atmosphere; she would not add disappointment to grief.

    Weighed and Wanting George MacDonald 1864

  • Just so I don't have a high degree of confidence that our sudden and randomly chosen perturbance of Earth's atmospheric composition is going to lead to an improvement in conditions.

    RealClimate 2009

  • Just so I don't have a high degree of confidence that our sudden and randomly chosen perturbance of Earth's atmospheric composition is going to lead to an improvement in conditions.

    RealClimate 2009

  • a change of course down to where the perturbance was taking place.

    The War with the Newts 2006

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