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Get to know Perturb better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like trouble or disorder.

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Perturb | Perturbed | Perturbation | Perturbations | Perturbative | Perturbing | Perturbatively

Perturb meaning

  1. To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion.
  2. To disturb (someone, their mind, etc.) mentally; to bother, trouble, upset.
  3. Of a celestial body: to modify the motion or orbit of (another celestial body) by exerting a gravitational force; hence (physics), to slightly modify (the motion of an object).

Synonyms of Perturb

trouble disorder derange deviate upset disturb distract cark disquiet unhinge disarray

Related words

Other words often associated with Perturb or its synonyms:

affect order move change disorderliness disturbance abnormal differ condition uneasiness perturbation take

Using Perturb

  • The main meaning on this page is: To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion. | To disturb (someone, their mind, etc.) mentally; to bother, trouble, upset. | Of a celestial body: to modify the motion or orbit of (another celestial body) by exerting a gravitational force; hence (physics), to slightly modify (the motion of an object).
  • Useful related words include: trouble, disorder, derange, deviate.
  • In the example corpus, perturb often appears in combinations such as: perturb the, to perturb.

Context around Perturb

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fear 1× may 1×

Often after:

seq 2× aging 1×

Sentence patterns with Perturb

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and then perturb the tour 1× did not perturb the imperturbable 1× expected to perturb the comet 1× is to perturb the standard 1× mammal may perturb aging although 1× no fear perturb no promises 1× such as perturb seq offer 1× transformations that perturb the thermal 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an approximate way 1× new technologies such 1× no deceit could 1× peter jenniskens has 1× the lin kernighan 1× this is due 1×

Common sentence endings:

above 730 c 1× dangers break him 1× for many decades 1× his chosen tempo 1× in different directions 1× may be related 1×

Words around Perturb

Just before it in the word index:

pertuan 17 pertua 3 pertini 3 pertinently 8 pertinent 282 pertinence 3

Just after it in the word index:

perturbation 53 perturbations 53 perturbative 14 perturbatively 3 perturbed 59 perturbing 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Perturb

  • In this selection, "perturb" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fear, may, seq and aging stand out and add context to how "perturb" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and then perturb the tour and did not perturb the imperturbable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "perturb" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with perturb

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And we can perturb them and drive them in different directions. (11 words)

No deceit could trick, no fear perturb, no promises conquer, no difficulties or dangers break him. (16 words)

It did not perturb the imperturbable, though, and India’s number three was in no way jolted out of his chosen tempo. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

The Lin–Kernighan–Johnson methods compute a Lin–Kernighan tour, and then perturb the tour by what has been described as a mutation that removes at least four edges and reconnecting the tour in a different way, then V-opting the new tour. (43 words)

Peter Jenniskens has published predictions for the next 50 years. citation However, a close encounter with Jupiter is expected to perturb the comet's path, and many streams, making storms of historic magnitude unlikely for many decades. (37 words)

Therefore, it is an open question as to whether either IGF-1 or insulin in the mammal may perturb aging, although there is the suggestion that dietary restriction phenomena may be related. (32 words)

Example sentences (9)

New technologies such as Perturb-seq offer unprecedented detail and depth of insight from such genetic disruption studies, but technical and practical hurdles have limited use of Perturb-seq.

And we can perturb them and drive them in different directions.

It did not perturb the imperturbable, though, and India’s number three was in no way jolted out of his chosen tempo.

An approximate way to relate the sound generated to the flow characteristics is to perturb the standard drag equation with velocity perturbations as shown in the upper equation below.

No deceit could trick, no fear perturb, no promises conquer, no difficulties or dangers break him.

Peter Jenniskens has published predictions for the next 50 years. citation However, a close encounter with Jupiter is expected to perturb the comet's path, and many streams, making storms of historic magnitude unlikely for many decades.

The Lin–Kernighan–Johnson methods compute a Lin–Kernighan tour, and then perturb the tour by what has been described as a mutation that removes at least four edges and reconnecting the tour in a different way, then V-opting the new tour.

Therefore, it is an open question as to whether either IGF-1 or insulin in the mammal may perturb aging, although there is the suggestion that dietary restriction phenomena may be related.

This is due to composition-dependent magnetic transformations that perturb the thermal EMFs in type-K thermocouples in the range about 25–225 °C, and in type J above 730 °C.

Common combinations with perturb

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "perturb" in a sentence?
An example: "New technologies such as Perturb-seq offer unprecedented detail and depth of insight from such genetic disruption studies, but technical and practical hurdles have limited use of Perturb-seq." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "perturb" from authentic English texts.
What does "perturb" mean?
Perturb means: To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion.
What are synonyms of "perturb"?
Common synonyms of "perturb" include: trouble, disorder, derange, deviate, upset, disturb, distract, cark. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "perturb" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "perturb", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.