perturber

English

Etymology

perturb + -er

Noun

perturber (plural perturbers)

  1. (physics) A source of perturbation
    This moon is a significant perturber.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perturbāre, present active infinitive of perturbō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/
  • (file)

Verb

perturber

  1. (transitive) to disrupt, to disturb
  2. (transitive) to throw off, to fluster

Conjugation

Further reading


Latin

Verb

perturber

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of perturbō
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.