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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "perturb"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to disturb or unsettle someone, causing them to feel worried or uneasy
Transitive: to perturb sb
to perturb definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The strange behavior of her usually calm cat perturbed her, making her wonder if something was wrong.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to disturb or throw something into a state of confusion, anxiety, or disorder
Transitive: to perturb sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new software update perturbed the function of the entire system.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to alter the movement or path of a body, typically by applying a gravitational force or external influence
Transitive: to perturb path or movement of a celestial body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A passing comet 's gravitational field perturbed the asteroid's course.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋ āϧ⧂āĻŽāϕ⧇āϤ⧁āϰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻžāϪ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a small change or modification to the motion of an object or particle
Transitive: to perturb motion of a particle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A small force perturbed the object ’s motion, causing it to veer slightly off course.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˜ā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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