Term: perturbation: (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
Candidate hypernym: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another → 1
Candidate hypernym: vermonter: a native or resident of Vermont → 0
Candidate hypernym: zinc: a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende → 0
Candidate hypernym: war correspondent: a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast → 0
Candidate hypernym: dyslectic: a person who has dyslexia → 0
Candidate hypernym: saccule: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) → 0
Candidate hypernym: prickly lettuce: European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: synonymist: a student of synonyms → 0
Candidate hypernym: allocator: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion → 0
Candidate hypernym: home loan bank: one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region → 0
Candidate hypernym: stereoscope: an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs → 0