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How to pronounce aberration
IPA transcription: [,æbɚ'eɪʃən]
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Noun
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a state or condition markedly different from the norm
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an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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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.