"perturb" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pɚˈtɝb/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-perturb.ogg Forms: perturbs [present, singular, third-person], perturbing [participle, present], perturbed [participle, past], perturbed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b Etymology: From Middle English perturben, from Old French perturber, from Latin perturbare (“throw into confusion, confuse, disorder, disturb”), from per (“through”) + turbare (“to confuse, disturb”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|perturben}} Middle English perturben, {{der|en|fro|perturber}} Old French perturber, {{der|en|la|perturbo|perturbare|throw into confusion, confuse, disorder, disturb}} Latin perturbare (“throw into confusion, confuse, disorder, disturb”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} perturb (third-person singular simple present perturbs, present participle perturbing, simple past and past participle perturbed)
  1. To disturb; to bother or unsettle. Translations (to disturb; to bother or unsettle): խռովել (xṙovel) (Armenian), смущавам (smuštavam) (Bulgarian), 打扰 (dǎrǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), verstoren (Dutch), perturbar (Ido), buair (Irish), forurolige (Norwegian), vekke uro [masculine] (Norwegian), gjøre forstyrret (Norwegian), skake (opp) (Norwegian), ryste (Norwegian), perturbar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-perturb-en-verb-b-VNIZx3 Disambiguation of 'to disturb; to bother or unsettle': 98 1 1 1
  2. (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-perturb-en-verb-jl~pJX0D Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Orbits Translations ((astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force): perturbar (Ido)
    Sense id: en-perturb-en-verb-2AxeTfgD Disambiguation of Orbits: 6 27 52 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 20 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 13 16 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 16 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 17 56 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 9 15 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 16 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 18 64 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 11 13 67 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 17 59 13 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force': 1 16 75 9
  4. (mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-perturb-en-verb-1d57O~Hv Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: perturbation, perturbative, perturbed, perturbedly

Inflected forms

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