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Definition of Perturbs
1. perturb [v] - See also: perturb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perturbs
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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