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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•tur•ba•tion (pûr′tər bā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of perturbing.
- the state of being perturbed.
- Psychiatrymental disquiet, disturbance, or agitation.
- Psychiatrya cause of mental disquiet, disturbance, or agitation.
- Astronomydeviation of a celestial body from a regular orbit about its primary, caused by the presence of one or more other bodies that act upon the celestial body.
- Latin, as above
- Anglo-French
- Latin perturbātiōn- (stem of perturbātiō; see perturb, -ation); replacing Middle English perturbacioun
- 1325–75
per′tur•ba′tion•al, adj. |