Anomaly may refer to:
Science
Natural
Anomaly (natural sciences) Atmospheric anomaly Geophysical anomaly
Medical
Congenital anomaly (birth defect), a disorder present at birth
Physical anomaly, a deformation of an anatomical structure
Congenital vertebral anomaly, any of several malformations of the spine
Collie eye anomaly, eye disease of dogs
Coronary artery anomaly, a congenital abnormality in the heart
Ebstein's anomaly, a congenital heart defect
Uhl anomaly, a congenital heart disease affecting the myocardial muscle
Vaginal anomalies
Biology
Anomalous, a species of moth in the Noctuid family
Chromosome anomaly, a disorder caused by a structural error in a chromosome or an atypical number of chromosomes Genetic anomaly, a disorder caused by mutation Teratology, the study of developmental anomalies
Physics
Anomalous diffusion, the movement of molecules from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration Anomalous dispersion (optics), when the speed of an electromagnetic wave increases with increasing frequency Anomalon, a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section Anomaly (physics), a failure of a symmetry of a theory's classical action Conformal anomaly, a quantum phenomenon that breaks the conformal symmetry of the classical theory Chiral anomaly, an anomalous nonconservation of a chiral current Gauge anomaly, the effect of quantum mechanics that invalidates the gauge symmetry of a quantum field theory Global anomaly, in quantum physics Gravitational anomaly, an effect in quantum mechanics that invalidates the general covariance of some theories of general relativity Konishi anomaly, the violation of the conservation of the Noether current associated with certain transformations Mixed anomaly, an effect in quantum mechanics Parity anomaly, associated with parity
Astronomy
In astronomy, an anomaly of an elliptical orbit, generally measured with respect to an apsis, usually the periapsis Anomalous precession, another term for "apsidal precession" Eccentric anomaly, an intermediate value used to compute the position of a celestial object as a function of time Flyby anomaly, an unexpected energy increase during the flybys of the Earth by various satellites Mean anomaly, a measure of time in the study of orbital dynamics Pioneer anomaly, the observed deviation of the trajectories of some uncrewed space probes, and especially Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 South Atlantic Anomaly, an area where the Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to the Earth's surface True anomaly, the angle between the direction of periapsis and the current position of an object on its orbit
Arts and media
Fictional entities
Anomaly, a rift in the space-time continuum in the television series Futurama
Anomaly, any shortcut to hyperspace travel in Robert Heinlein's novels of the 1950s, today called wormholes "Anomaly" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2003 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise The Anomaly, a 2014 film Anomaly (comics), a villain in DC Comics Anomaly (Primeval), a time portal in the TV series Primeval Spatial anomaly, an extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum in the Star Trek universe The Fortean anomaly, in the work of Charles Fort The Tycho Magnetic Anomaly (TMA) on the Moon in the novel and in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick Entities in the SCP universe, often referred to as "anomalies"
Video games
Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a real time strategy video game
Anomaly Korea
Anomaly 2
Publications
The Anomalies, a 2003 novel by Joey Goebel
Anomaly (series), a 2013 trilogy by Krista McGee
Anomaly (graphic novel), by Brian Haberlin
The Anomaly (novel), by French author Hervé Le Tellier
Music
Albums
Anomaly (Ace Frehley album) (2009) Anomalies (album) (2005), by Cephalic Carnage Anomaly (The Hiatus album) (2010) Anomaly (Lecrae album) (2014) Anomalies, Vol. 1 (2010), by Cave In
Songs
"Anna Molly" (a word play on the word "anomaly"), by Incubus
"Anomaly", a 2004 song by Psyopus from the album Ideas of Reference
"An Anomaly", a 2007 song by It Prevails from the album The Inspiration
"The Anomaly", a 2011 song by Scar Symmetry from the album The Unseen Empire
"Anomaly", a 2012 song by KB from the album Weight & Glory
Technology
Anomaly detection, the process of detecting anomalies from the other, relevant data Anomaly in software, any condition that deviates from expectation