Both Uses of
anomaly
in
Dune
- A faint anomaly in the room's air currents told him there was a secret exit to their right behind the filing cabinets.†
Book 2 *
- PARACOMPASS: any compass that determines direction by local magnetic anomaly; used where relevant charts are available and where a planet's total magnetic field is unstable or subject to masking by severe magnetic storms.†
Book Term
Definition:
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(anomaly) something outside of the range of what is normally expected