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In astronomy, an anomaly of an elliptical orbit, generally measured with respect to an apsis, usually the periapsis; Anomalous precession, another term for "apsidal precession"
Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames.