anomaly

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 27, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>anomaly</strong> &#149; \uh-NAH-muh-lee\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified <strong>:</strong> something <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anomalous">anomalous</a></p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> deviation from the common rule <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregularity">irregularity</a></p> <p><strong>3 :</strong> the angular distance of a planet from its <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perihelion">perihelion</a> as seen from the sun</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Thermal Scanning uses intelligent thermal technology and checks the temperature of everyone entering the premises and triggers necessary alarms in case of an <em>anomaly</em> in the temperature." — <a href="http://bwcio.businessworld.in/article/Vidooly-Launches-AI-based-Surveillance-Tech-To-Combat-The-Spread-Of-COVID-19-/12-06-2020-286530/"><em>Business World</em>, 12 June 2020</a></p> <p>"[Rich] Wingo is also part of a statistical <em>anomaly</em> of sorts: He scored one point in his NFL career. He is one of four Packers to have scored a single point…." — <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fpackers%2F2020%2F06%2F15%2Fgreen-bay-packers-rich-wingo-trying-ease-suffering-alabama%2F5260041002%2F">Jim Owczarski, <em>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</em>, 15 June 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>You might be familiar with the Greek word <em>homos</em>, which means "same." It is from this word that we get words like <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homonym">homonym</a></em>, <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homog