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What (who) is ABERRATIONS - definition
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Abberration; Abberation; Aberrations; Aberation; Aberrance; Aberrances; Aberrancy; Aberration (disambiguation)
Aberration
·noun A partial alienation of reason.
II. Aberration ·noun The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it.
III. Aberration ·noun The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
IV. Aberration ·noun The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
V. Aberration ·noun The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.
VI. Aberration ·noun A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth.
aberration
[?ab?'re??(?)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
Origin
C16: from L. aberratio(n-), from aberrare 'to stray'.
aberration
(aberrations)
An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical. (FORMAL)
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
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Wikipedia
Aberration
An aberration is something that deviates from the normal way.
Aberration may also refer to:
Examples of use of ABERRATIONS
1. In 2006, apparent wage aberrations were found in 135 bodies.
2. Of these, 75% had up to two wage aberrations each.
3. They also allow some people to conclude that, aberrations apart, society is just and fair.
4. Yet, looking back, I have to admit such "aberrations" became increasingly common.
5. Any aberrations made have been the result of that rather than some nebulously poor body language.