perturbation
/pˌɝtɚbˈeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system).
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Reſtore your ſelues, vnto your temper, Fathers; / And, vvithout perturbation, heare me ſpeake: […]"
- "But her mind had never been in such perturbation; and it needed a very strong effort to appear attentive and cheerful till the usual hour of separating allowed her the relief of quiet reflection."
- "Natures that haue much Heat, and great and violent deſires and Perturbations, are not ripe for Action, till they haue paſſed the Meridian of their yeares: As it was with Iulius Cæſar, and Septimius Seuerus."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: perturbation, perturbacion, perturbatio