Term: perturbation: (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: vermonter: a native or resident of Vermont
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: 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
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: war correspondent: a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: dyslectic: a person who has dyslexia
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: saccule: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: prickly lettuce: European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: synonymist: a student of synonyms
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: allocator: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: home loan bank: one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region
Broader: influence: the effect of one thing (or person) on another | Unrelated: stereoscope: an optical device for viewing stereoscopic photographs