American English pronunciation

How to pronounce aberration

IPA transcription: [,æbɚ'eɪʃən]

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Noun

  • a state or condition markedly different from the norm

  • an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

  • a disorder in one's mental state

Usage examples

  • It recalled the attention of psychiatrists to the physical basis of mental aberration.
  • Like any simple meniscus lens, the Holga lens exhibits soft focus and chromatic aberration.
  • For simple designs one can sometimes calculate parameters that minimize spherical aberration.
  • Another method involved determining the constant of aberration.
  • He also worked on optics and the elimination of the aberration of light.
  • Simple lenses are prone to aberrations, especially chromatic aberration.
  • They are large, bipedal, insect-like aberrations with an ape-like build.