- aberrational
- adjective see aberration
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
aberrational
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Aberrational — Ab er*ra tion*al, a. Characterized by aberration. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aberrational — aberration ► NOUN 1) a departure from what is normal or acceptable. 2) a mental or moral lapse. 3) Optics the failure of rays to converge at one focus because of a defect in a lens or mirror. DERIVATIVES aberrational adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from … English terms dictionary
aberrational — adjective Characterized by aberration … Wiktionary
aberrational — ab·er·ra·tion·al … English syllables
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Aberration of light — Light from location 1 will appear to be coming from location 2 for a moving telescope due to the finite speed of light, a phenomenon known as the aberration of light. The aberration of light (also referred to as astronomical aberration or stellar … Wikipedia
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aberration — noun Etymology: Latin aberrare Date: 1594 1. the fact or an instance of being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state 2. failure of a mirror, refracting surface, or lens to produce exact point to point correspondence … New Collegiate Dictionary
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