Anomalistical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anomalistic \A*nom`a*lis"tic\, Anomalistical
  \A*nom`a*lis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.]
     1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
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     2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance


        of a planet from its perihelion.
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     {Anomalistic month}. See under {Month}.
  
     {Anomalistic revolution}, the period in which a planet or
        satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes
        of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the
        same again.
  
     {Anomalistic}, or {Periodical year}. See under {Year}.
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