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Definition of: perturbation
(pûr′tər·bā′shən) noun
1. The state of being perturbed, or the act of perturbing.
2. Astron. Deviation in the motion of a heavenly body, caused by the attraction of some other body than that round which it moves.
3. A cause of disquiet or disturbance. Also per·turb·ance (pər·tûr′bəns). [<OF perturbacion <L perturbatio, -onis <perturbare PERTURB]
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