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Webster 1913 Edition
Perturb
Per-turb′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet.
Ye that . . .
perturb
so my feast with crying. Chaucer.
2.
To disorder; to confuse.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Perturb
PERTURB'
Definition 2024
perturb
perturb
English
Verb
perturb (third-person singular simple present perturbs, present participle perturbing, simple past and past participle perturbed)
- To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
- (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
- (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
- (mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.
Derived terms
Translations
to disturb; to bother or unsettle
(physics) to slightly modify the motion of an object
(astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force
(math) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value