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'''Anomaly''' or '''The Anomaly''' may refer to:
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==Science==
===Natural===
*[[Anomaly (natural sciences)]]
**[[Atmospheric anomaly]]
**[[Geophysical anomaly]]

===Medical===
*[[Congenital anomaly]] (birth defect), a disorder present at birth
**[[Congenital disorder#Terminology|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===
{{See also|List of congenital disorders|List of genetic disorders}}
*[[Stilbia anomala|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
*[[Apsidal precession|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 characters ===
*[[Anomaly (comics)]], a villain in DC Comics
*Entities in the [[SCP Foundation|SCP]] universe, often referred to as "anomalies"

=== Fictional features in media ===
*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 [[wormhole]]s
*Anomaly, a time portal in the TV series ''[[Primeval (TV series)|Primeval]]''
*The [[Fortean anomaly]], in the work of Charles Fort
*[[Spatial anomaly]], an extraordinary disruption in the space-time continuum in the ''Star Trek'' universe
*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

=== Film and television ===
*[[Anomaly (Star Trek: Enterprise)|"Anomaly" (''Star Trek: Enterprise'')]], a 2003 episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise''
*[[The Anomaly (film)|''The Anomaly'' (film)]], a 2014 film

===Literature===
*''[[The Anomalies]]'', a 2003 novel by Joey Goebel
*[[Anomaly (series)|''Anomaly'' (series)]], a 2013 trilogy by Krista McGee
*[[Anomaly (graphic novel)|''Anomaly'' (graphic novel)]], by Brian Haberlin
*[[The Anomaly (novel)|''The Anomaly'' (novel)]], by French author Hervé Le Tellier

===Music===
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*[[Anomaly (Ace Frehley album)|''Anomaly'' (Ace Frehley album)]] (2009)
*[[Anomalies (album)|''Anomalies'' (album)]] (2005), by Cephalic Carnage
*[[Anomaly (The Hiatus album)|''Anomaly'' (The Hiatus album)]] (2010)
*[[Anomaly (Lecrae album)|''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]]''

===Video games===
*''[[Anomaly: Warzone Earth]]'', a 2011 real time strategy video game
**''[[Anomaly Korea]]''
**''[[Anomaly 2]]''
*''[[Anomaly Collapse]]'', a 2024 turn-based strategy video game

==Technology==
*[[Anomaly detection]], the process of detecting anomalies from the other, relevant data
*[[Anomaly in software]], any condition that deviates from expectation

==Business==
*[[Market anomaly]], a distortion in prices in a financial market
*[[Anomaly (advertising agency)]], a marketing communications agency based in New York

==Other uses==
*[[Anomalistics]], the study of scientific anomalies
*[[Ararat anomaly]], an object on Mount Ararat in Turkey claimed to be the remains of Noah's Ark
*[[Jayson Tatum]], a basketball player nicknamed "The Anomaly"

==See also==
*[[Irregular (disambiguation)]]
*[[Outlier]]
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