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81comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… …
82anharmonic — adjective Not harmonic; perturbed harmonic. An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator …
83Criss-cross algorithm — This article is about an algorithm for mathematical optimization. For the naming of chemicals, see crisscross method. The criss cross algorithm visits all 8 corners of the Klee–Minty cube in the worst case. It visits 3 additional… …
84Oscillator phase noise — For more general information, see Phase noise. Oscillators inherently produce high levels of phase noise. That noise increases at frequencies close to the oscillation frequency or its harmonics. With the noise being close to the oscillation… …
85perturb — v. (R) it perturbed me (to learn) that she was late again * * * [pə tɜːb] (R) it perturbed me (to leam) that she was late again …
86uneasy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. restless, restive; disturbed, perturbed, disquieted, uncomfortable; anxious, apprehensive, fearful; constrained; fidgety, jittery, on edge, jumpy; uncertain, unstable, touch and go. See agitation,… …
87disconcerted — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [DIS kun SERT ed] perturbed, disturbed, ruffled. He saw the policeman and was disconcerted. SYN.: perturbed, disturbed, ruffled, uncomfortable, uneasy, flabbergasted, anxious, upset, taken aback,… …
88perturb — [[t]pə(r)tɜ͟ː(r)b[/t]] perturbs, perturbing, perturbed VERB If something perturbs you, it worries you quite a lot. [FORMAL] → See also perturbed [V n] What perturbs me is that magazine articles are so much shorter nowadays. Syn …
89discompose — discompose, disquiet, disturb, perturb, agitate, upset, fluster, flurry are comparable when they mean to excite one so as to destroy one s capacity for clear or collected thought or prompt action. Discompose is sometimes only slightly more… …
90Oort cloud — noun (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto; perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet s orbit and may send it tumbling toward the sun • Topics: ↑astronomy, ↑uranology •… …
