Definition of Perturbation
Perturbation
per·tur·ba·tion
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a state of anxiety and mental unease;
e.g. Her perturbation could be attributed to her financial instability, and all she felt capable of doing was panicking.
(noun)
the action of perturbing; the state of being perturbed;
e.g. A state of perturbation due to all the bad luck and ill fortune.
(noun)
a change or disturbance in the natural order of something by an external source;
e.g. The astronomers detected some minor perturbations in the orbit of Pluto and themselves became quite perturbed.
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