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Adjective
/disˈtərbd/,
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Having had its normal pattern or function disrupted,
  1. Having had its normal pattern or function disrupted
    • - disturbed sleep
  2. Suffering or resulting from emotional and mental problems
    • - the treatment of disturbed children
    • - disturbed behavior

  1. having the place or position changed; "the disturbed books and papers on her desk"; "disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed"
  2. disquieted: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping ...
  3. emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
  4. brainsick: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
  5. (disturb) move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
  6. (disturb) agitate: change the arrangement or position of
  7. Disturbed is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1996 when musicians Dan Donegan, Steve "Fuzz" Kmak, and Mike Wengren hired David Draiman as their singer. ...
  8. "Disturbed" is the 21st episode of the fifth season of the American television show Numb3rs. In the episode written by series creators/executive producers Cheryl Heuton and Nicolas Falacci, skeptical Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents track an undetected serial killer while their math ...
  9. (Disturbance (Concord Dawn album)) Disturbance is an album by New Zealand drum and bass group Concord Dawn, released in 2001.
  10. (Disturbance (ecology)) In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in average environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Outside disturbance forces often act quickly and with great effect, sometimes resulting in the removal of large amounts of biomass. ...
  11. (Disturbance (film)) Disturbance is a British horror film which is currently in post production and is scheduled to be released in 2011. It was written by and directed by Steven M Smith. The cast includes Bruce Payne and Jon-Paul Gates.
  12. (Disturbance (geology)) A disturbance is a linear zone of disturbed rock strata stretching for many miles across country which comprises a combination of folding and faulting. ...
  13. Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis; Extremely surprised; shocked
  14. (disturb) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids; to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing; to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion
  15. (Disturbance) This has several applications. It can apply to a low or cyclone that is small in size and influence. It can also apply to an area that is exhibiting signs of cyclonic development. ...
  16. (Disturbance) A force that causes significant change in structure and/or composition through natural events such as fire, flood, wind, or earthquake, mortality caused by insect or disease outbreaks, or by human-caused events, e.g., the harvest of forest products.
  17. (Disturbance) An undesired change that takes place in a process(es) that tends to affect adversely the value of a controlled variable.
  18. (Disturbance) any relatively discrete event in time that disrupts ecosystem, community, or population structure and changes resources, substrate availability, or the physical environment (Turner 1989:181).
  19. (Disturbance) Something out of the norm which can cause disruption and can be natural or man-made.  These can be large or small in size (scale).  In longleaf pine forests, hurricanes, lightning, fire, tornado, and insects are examples of natural disturbances.  A man-made example would be logging.
  20. (disturbance) An unplanned event that produces an abnormal system condition; any perturbation to the electric system. Also, the unexpected change in the area control error caused by the sudden failure of generation or an interruption of load.
  21. (Disturbance) an event that causes a significant change from the normal pattern in an ecological system
  22. (disturbance) A force that changes a biological community and usually removes organisms from it. Disturbances, such as fire and storms, play pivotal roles in structuring many biological communities.
  23. (DISTURBANCE) torts. A wrong done to an incorporeal hereditament, by hindering or disquieting the owner in the enjoyment of it. Finch. L. 187; 3 Bl. Com. 235; 1 Swift's Dig. 522; Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a disturbance, Pleader, 3 I 6; 1 Serg. & Rawle, 298.
  24. (Disturbance) A low pressure system, a tropical area of storminess, or any area in which the weather is in a state of cloudiness, precipitation or wind.
  25. (Disturbance) Activities that disrupt the mold or its host material potentially cause spore release, including the application of biocides.