例外 — meaning in English

English meaning

• anomaly noun Something that deviates from what is normal or expected; an irregularity.
• exception noun Someone or something left out of a general rule or statement.

Senses

例外 is used for these senses in English:

• anomaly A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
• exception The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
• exception That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
• exception (programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.

exception — full definition

1. noun Someone or something left out of a general rule or statement.
2. noun A formal objection, especially on legal grounds.
3. noun In computing, an unexpected error condition that interrupts normal program flow and can be caught and handled.

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