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Definition of Disturbing

1. Adjective. Causing distress or worry or anxiety. "A worrying time"

Definition of Disturbing

1. Adjective. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of disturb) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disturbing

1. disturb [v] - See also: disturb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disturbing

Literary usage of Disturbing

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

1. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1892)
"Small disturbing forces, whose magnitudes are less than the standard of small quantities to be retained, may be disregarded only if their periods aru ..."

2. Scientific Papers by George Howard Darwin, Francis Darwin, Ernest William Brown (1908)
"The disturbing function. In the theory of the disturbing function the differentiation with respect to the elements of the orbit of the disturbed body is an ..."

3. Outlines of Astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1869)
"IN the foregoing chapter we have sufficiently explained the action of the orthogonal component of the disturbing force, and traced it to its results in a ..."

4. Outlines of Astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1851)
"IN the foregoing chapter we have sufficiently explained the action of the orthogonal component of the disturbing force, and traced it to its results in a ..."

5. Theoretical Astronomy Relating to the Motions of the Heavenly Bodies by James Craig Watson (1900)
"represents the angle at the planet between the sun and comet, the disturbing force of the sun, for any position of the comet near the planet, ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty (1819)
"... and decency. commitment by way of detainer for another offence, 67 for disturbing congregation in episcopal chapel, 68 for disturbing congregation in ..."

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