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ab·er·ra·tion
\ˌabəˈrāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin aberratus (past participle of aberrare) + English -ion
1. : act of wandering away or of going astray : deviation from truth or a moral standard, from the natural state, or from a normal type
< aberrations of character >
< aberrations of structure >
2. : failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image
3. : unsoundness of the mind; especially : unsoundness insufficient to constitute insanity
4. : a small periodic change of apparent position in the stars and other heavenly bodies due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer
5. : an aberrant organ or individual : sport 6 |