The Only Use of
perturb
in
Macbeth
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- A great perturbation in nature,—to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the effects of watching—
Scene 5.1perturbation = deviation (from the natural course of things)
Definition:
-
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) in physics or astronomy: a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly