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aberration /ˌabəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
▶noun
- 1 an unwelcome deviation from what is normal.
■ informal a temporary mental lapse.
■ Biology a characteristic that deviates from the normal type.
- 2 Optics the failure of rays to converge at one focus because of a defect in a lens or mirror.
- 3 Astronomy the apparent displacement of a celestial object from its true position, caused by the relative motion of the observer and the object.
– derivatives
aberrational adjective.
aberrational adjective.
– origin C16: from L. aberratio(n-), from aberrare ‘to stray’.
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