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Meaning of 'perturb' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perturb [ v. t.]
- To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
- To disorder; to confuse.

Meaning of 'perturb' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perturb [ v]
Meaning (1):
- throw into great confusion or disorder
Example in sentence:
  • Fundamentalists threaten to perturb the social order
Meaning (2):
- disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
Example in sentence:
  • She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Meaning (3):
- disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom
Example in sentence:
  • The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion
Meaning (4):
- cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull
Example in sentence:
  • The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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