Associations to the word «Perturbing»
Noun
Wiktionary
PERTURB, verb. To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
PERTURB, verb. (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
PERTURB, verb. (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
PERTURB, verb. (mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.
Dictionary definition
PERTURB, verb. Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill".
PERTURB, verb. Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion".
PERTURB, verb. Cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet".
PERTURB, verb. Throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.