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aberration (iou)



aberration noun. L16.
[Latin aberratio(n-), formed as ABERRATE: see -ATION.]
A deviation or divergence from the straight, correct, or recognized path (lit. & fig.). L16.
Sir W. Scott The slightest aberration would plunge him into a morass. George Eliot A pattern from which she was careful to allow no aberration.
The failure of rays of light to converge to a focus. M18.
chromatic aberration: due to the different refrangibilities of the components of white light. spherical aberration: arising from the surface geometry of a spherical lens or mirror.
Astronomy. An apparent displacement of a celestial object from its true position, arising from the relative motion of the observer and the object. M18.
annual aberration: due to the earth's orbital motion. diurnal aberration: due to the earth's axial rotation. planetary aberration: due to the motion of a planet during the time taken for its light to reach the earth.
An abnormal state of an intellectual faculty. E19.
Midnight Zoo Mental aberrations caused by his witnessing his whole clan being burned to death.
Chiefly Botany & Zoology. Deviation from the normal type; an instance of this. M19.
J. Fowles Rare species and aberrations.
aberrational adjective M19.
aberrationally adverb L20.