perturbation
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But with 76 years of data to measure against, “we can provide the context needed to answer the question of, how big of a perturbation is this event?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025
Study participants were then tasked with responding to an "expected perturbation," meaning they had to respond to something that might throw off their balance.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023
But this roughness makes the surface mechanically unstable and susceptible to any small perturbation in temperature, pressure, or tiny defect.
From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023
While there, he studied a key node of the mammalian immune system — dendritic cells — and their perturbation in HIV/AIDS.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023
Mrs. Weston was looking so ill, and had an air of so much perturbation, that Emma’s uneasiness increased; and the moment they were alone, she eagerly said,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing perturbation
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act V
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"The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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