perturbation

Meaning

Noun

Agitation; the state of being perturbed
A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio

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