{ A‐nom′a‐lis″tic (�), A‐nom′a‐lis″tic‐al (�), } a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules.
2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion.
Anomalistic month. See under Month. — Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. — Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year.