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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Since ‘anomalous’ is close in meaning to ‘abnormal,’ it’s easy to make the switch. 5000 ghits- it seems especially popular among non-anglophone physicists.
The mechanism of causing anormalous values—-2. A case of an anormalous value due to erroneous data of an analytical instrument. ...
sciencelinks.jp › ... › Modern Medical Laboratory(2005)
Title;A Theoretical Study on Anormalous Phases in the Proton and Electron Transfer Systems.
sciencelinks.jp › ... › Nippon Kagakkai Koen Yokoshu(2000)
Chromosomal Trisomy in an Anormalous Bovine Fetus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680379/
Low Frequency Oscillation Induced by Anormalous Avalanche Negative. Resistance in p-i-n Diodes …
jjap.ipap.jp/link?JJAP/7/683/
physicists invented dark matter to explain the observed anormalous rotational curves. .... to explain this anormalous accelerated expansion.
www.physicsbanter.com/physics-general.. … cycle.html
An anormalous resistance change of the sample during heating in vacuum to 400’C confirmed the phase transformation.
www.iop.org/EJ/article/0256-307X/10/8/0 … _8_016.pdf
We report the diagnosis and surgical treatment of an aneurysm on a CAA associated with an anormalous origin of the left main coronary artery.
www.biomedsearch.com/cluster/26/Circula … sub-0.html
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Super. Best eggcorn of a still-young year. Deserves immediate promotion to the database.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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Utterly delightful. The hybrid “abnormalous” gets 90 ughits, with scientists again leading the charge.
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