What's the difference between anomalistic and anomaly?
Anomalistic
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Anomalistical
Example Sentences:
(1) Exposure to anomalistic psychology may not only lead people to question paranormal claims but also to question firmly held religious beliefs.
(2) For those who do accept the challenge, anomalistic psychology can be an extremely rewarding subject.
(3) One of the implicit messages of anomalistic psychology is, "Question everything – but use the appropriate critical thinking tools when doing so."
(4) One patient, a 19-year-old man, however, died suddenly and no abnormality other than the anomalistically arising right coronary artery from the posterior aortic valve sinus was found.
(5) Clinical and necropsy findings are described in 12 adults (10 men) in whom either the left main coronary artery or the right coronary artery arose abnormally from the aorta and the anomalistically arising artery coursed thereafter either normally or abnormally, but if abnormally not between the pulmonary trunk and ascending aorta.
(6) Chris French is a professor of psychology at Goldsmiths where he heads the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit .
(7) However, there remain barriers to the full acceptance of anomalistic psychology as a respectable sub-discipline within psychology .
(8) Chris French is a professor of psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and heads the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit .
(9) I hope Sally will be glad to hear that I am working with the Merseyside Skeptics Society and Professor Chris French at the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London, to construct a suitable test that would offer a chance to demonstrate whether or not she has psychic powers.
(10) Many similar experiences have been reported to the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit I coordinate at Goldsmiths, University of London.
(11) In collaboration with Stuart Ritchie at the University of Edinburgh, Professor Richard Wiseman at the University of Hertfordshire, and members of my own group at the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, decided to do just that.
(12) As even brief exposure to the field of anomalistic psychology will reveal, personal experience is often a very poor guide to reality.
(13) There is a second barrier to the wider acceptance of anomalistic psychology.
(14) Anomalistic psychology investigates the imperfections of the human cognitive system that could lead us to conclude that we have experienced the paranormal when in fact we have not.
(15) The group behind the challenge has enlisted Professor Chris French , head of the anomalistic psychology research unit at Goldsmith's, University of London, to design and conduct the experiment, which, if Morgan attends, will be hosted by the Merseyside Skeptics Society in Liverpool.
(16) The test was thought up by Professor Chris French, head of the anomalistic psychology research unit at Goldsmiths College London, and will be hosted by the Mersyside Skeptics Society.
(17) Having taught anomalistic psychology now for 15 years, I can vouch that it provides a fantastic way to teach critical thinking skills.
(18) The test was devised by Professor Chris French, head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, and was due to be hosted by the Merseyside Skeptics Society .
(19) Chris French is a professor of psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he heads the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit .
(20) Thirty-two cases of these anomalies were reviewed, with particular attention to the exact location and shape of the anomalistically positioned ostium and coronary dominance.
Anomaly
Definition:
(n.) Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
(n.) The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.
(n.) The angle measuring apparent irregularities in the motion of a planet.
(n.) Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
(2) Sixteen patients (27%) manifested anomalies of the urinary tract: 12 had markedly altered kidneys, 8 of which were unilateral and ipsilateral to the diaphragmatic defect.
(3) Gardner proposed that anomalies at the exit of the fourth ventricle produce a communicating syringomyelia.
(4) The family history and associated anomalies were recorded and particular attention was paid to temperature gradients and neurocirculatory deficits with respect to band location.
(5) It facilitated the acquisition of quantitative velocity information with standard Doppler ultrasound techniques by identifying areas of high velocity or turbulent flow and was invaluable in the assessment of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage occurring either as an isolated anomaly or in conjunction with complex intracardiac lesions.
(6) Aplasia of the trachea associated with multiple congenital anomalies is described in a stillborn male foetus with single umbilical artery.
(7) The anomaly may represent a hitherto overlooked but easily obtainable diagnostic marker.
(8) Though the problems associated with Robin sequence may be numerous, especially if the primary cause of the sequence is a multiple anomaly syndrome, the most acute problems in affected newborns is upper airway obstruction.
(9) Bidrin treatment of quail embryos results in axial anomalies as well as malformations of the beak and the limbs.
(10) Three mouse models of male-limited, hybrid-type sterility are available: the sterility controlled by the T-t genetic complex, the hybrid sterility system including the Hst-1 gene, and the sterility of carriers of various chromosomal anomalies.
(11) The differentiation of congenital anomaly from fracture can be difficult.
(12) Orbital hypertelorism, strictly defined as an increase in bony interorbital distance, is not itself an isolated syndrome, but is instead an anomaly that may occur as either part of a syndrome or malformation sequence.
(13) The authors evaluated four patients with multiple anomalies consistent with CHARGE syndrome.
(14) Anatomical data of the postmortem examination and histologic anomalies of the aorta confirm the diagnosis.
(15) There is evidence to indicate that these losses are due to congenital ossicular anomalies, eustachian tube dysfunction from craniofacial malformation, and cochlear involvement that is greatest for high frequencies.
(16) Nevertheless, a wide clinical spectrum was found varying from pictures correlating with the topography and extent of the MRI-detected anomaly to conditions indicating wider cerebral involvement.
(17) These anomalies significantly reduce the ability of the E. gracilis W3BUL mutant to serve as a cytoplasmic control in the phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase system.
(18) The clinical, hemodynamic, and angiographic features of the anomaly are presented.
(19) Minor and major congenital anomalies were studied in 395 neonatal risk children and 107 normal school children at the age of nine in the context of follow-up of the risk children.
(20) We performed light and electron microscopic studies on the temporal bones of a patient with genetic aplastic deafness, in which the right ear had a Mondini-type defect and the left ear a Michel-type anomaly.