Definition of Perturbs

1. Verb. (third-person singular of perturb) ¹

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Definition of Perturbs

1. perturb [v] - See also: perturb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perturbs

perturbation
perturbational
perturbations
perturbative
perturbatively
perturbativity
perturbator
perturbators
perturbatour
perturbatours
perturbed
perturber
perturbers
perturbing
perturbingly
perturbs (current term)
pertusate
pertuse
pertused
pertusion
pertusions
pertussal
pertusses
pertussis
pertussis-like syndrome
pertussis immune globulin
pertussis immunoglobulin
pertussis syndrome
pertussis toxin
pertussis toxins

Literary usage of Perturbs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Astronomy by Harold Spencer Jones (1922)
"Thus Venus perturbs the Earth, and from the magnitude of the perturbation the mass of Venus may be deduced. So also Mercury perturbs Venus, ..."

2. The Graduate Handbook by Federation of Graduate Clubs (U.S.) (1893)
"... perturbs. 3, 30. Astronom. Seminary, 1, 30. Pract. work with instrum., daily. MICHIGAN. "Detroit" Obser., provided with Fitz 13 in. refract. telescope, ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"It may be said that it is the vehemence of their desires which makes the Americans so methodical; it perturbs their minds, but it disciplines their lives. ..."

4. Villette by Charlotte Brontë (1853)
"You did not, nor will you fancy," pursued he, " that a saint in Heaven perturbs herself with rivalries of earth? Protestants are rarely superstitious ..."

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