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What does perturb mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word perturb? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
  2. (physics) To slightly modify the motion of an object.
  3. (astronomy) To modify the motion of a body by exerting a gravitational force.
  4. (mathematics) To modify slightly, such as an equation or value.
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Did you know that pressure from sunlight alone is sufficient to perturb the orbit of a satellite travelling in the solar system?
The challenge is to perturb the system in a cell specific way to examine the behavioral consequences.
These fish were fearless in their journey upstream, and no pesky tourists were going to perturb them.
By their calculations, it wouldn't take much to perturb our own system, either.
External factors that could perturb development include temperature and environmental chemicals.
If we perturb a system that has a rational frequency ratio, then it can easily be shifted into a chaotic situation with irrational frequencies.

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