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Meaning of disturbance

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  disturbance
      n 1: activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption;
           "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation
           and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of
           the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural
           function" [syn: {perturbation}, {disturbance}]
      2: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much
         anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she
         caused me" [syn: {disturbance}, {perturbation}, {upset}]
      3: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
         furious disturbance they had caused" [syn: {disturbance},
         {disruption}, {commotion}, {flutter}, {hurly burly}, {to-do},
         {hoo-ha}, {hoo-hah}, {kerfuffle}]
      4: a noisy fight [syn: {affray}, {disturbance}, {fray},
         {ruffle}]
      5: the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something
         in motion
      6: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion;
         a more neutral term than mental illness [syn: {mental
         disorder}, {mental disturbance}, {disturbance},
         {psychological disorder}, {folie}]
      7: electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb
         communication [syn: {noise}, {interference}, {disturbance}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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