An anomalous event is something unusual or unexpected, which doesn't usually happen. It is different from the normal or regular events. Full definition
The emotional interpretations of such anomalous events grant them significance regardless of their causal account. (scientificamerican.com)
Attendees also discussed complicated problems, including hydroclimatic responses to situations where anomalous events like the 2015 — 2016 El Niño are superimposed onto long - term heterogeneous ocean - warming patterns. (eos.org)
ESA officials said that the possibility of a deployment delay was not unexpected, and that plans were already in place to reschedule unfurling the second radar antenna in the event of any anomalous events with the first boom. (space.com)