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"Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order"verbthrow into great confusion or disorder
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"She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"verbdisturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
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"The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"verbcause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pulltype of:
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"The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"verbdisturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atomtype of:
Definition that contains perturb
- allen United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
- gracie United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
- elves an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
- variation (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- unflappable not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
- oort cloud (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
- grace ethel cecile rosalie allen United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
- imperturbable not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
- gracie allen United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
- discomposure a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure