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   aberration

   /ˌabəˈreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one: "they described the outbreak of violence in the area as an aberration" Similar anomalydeviationdivergenceabnormalityirregularityvariationdigressionedge casefreakroguerarityquirkodditycuriositymistakeabnormalityirregularityeccentricitydeviationtransgressionstrayinglapseaberrancy
   • ▪ a characteristic that deviates from the normal type: "colour aberrations" Similar disorderdefectdiseaseirregularityinstabilityderangementvagary
   • ▪ the failure of rays to converge at one focus because of a defect in a lens or mirror.
   • ▪ the apparent displacement of a celestial object from its true position, caused by the relative motion of the observer and the object.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin aberratio(n-), from aberrare ‘to stray’ (see aberrant).

   Derivatives

   • 1. aberrational adjective

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