It wasn't an aberration.
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Aberration
/ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/
Synonyms for "aberration" (252 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (75)
derangementdetourdeviancedeviancydeviationdeviousnessdiagonalitydifferencedifferentnessdigressiondiscursiondisorientationdistortiondistractiondivagationdivaricationdivergencedivergencydiversiondivision
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doglegdottinessdoubledriftdriftingeccentricityerrancyerrantryerraticismerraticnesserroneousnesserrorexcursionexcursusexorbitationfallaciousnessfallacyfalsenessfalsityfanningfanning outfaultfaultinessflawflawednessfoliefomentfreakfreakinessfreakishnessfurorhairpinhallucinationhamartiaheresyheterodoxyheteromorphismidiocrasyidiosyncrasyillusionindirectionindirectnessinferiorityinsanenessinsanityinstigate
Verb(2 words)
deviate from instructionsdeviate from the norm
Related words (126)
irrationalityirregularitykinkloss of mindloss of reasonlunacymadnessmaggotmaniamannerismmental deficiencymental derangementmental diseasemental disordermental disturbancemental illnessmental instabilitymental sicknessmind overthrownmindsickness
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misapplicationmisconstructionmisdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmistakemonstrositynonconformityobliquenessobliquityoddityoddnesspeccancypeculiaritypererrationperversionpixilationpossessionprodigyprovokepsychopathyqueernessquipquirkquirkinessrabidnessraiseramblingrarityreasonlessnessself-contradictionsenselessnessseparationsetset onshattered mindsheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathsick mindsicknesssinsinfulnesssingularityskewskewnessslantslipsplayingspreadspreadingspreading outsquintstir upstrangenessstrayingsubnormalitysuperioritysweepswerveswervingswingingtackteratismtransversenesstrickturnturningtwistunbalanceunbalanced mindunconventionalityunnaturalismunnaturalnessunorthodoxyunsanenessunsound mindunsoundnessunsoundness of minduntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessvagaryvariationveerwanderingwarpwhimwhimsicalitywhimsywitlessnesswrongwrongnessyawzigzag
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
major irregularity
Verb(1 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most colonial artifact
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesabnormalcyabnormalitydeviationdisturbancefolieimage quality degradationmental disordermental disturbanceoptical phenomenonpsychological disorder
More specific
12 entriesanomalyastigmatismbehavioral irregularitychromatic aberrationcognitive anomalycomaethical deviationmeasurement erroroutliersampling biasspherical aberrationstatistical anomaly
Collocations
6 entriesaxial aberrationchromatic aberrationcolor aberrationoptical aberrationspherical aberrationstatistical aberration
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- абера́ция noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Danish
1 entries- aberration noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Dutch
2 entries- aberratie noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberratie noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
Esperanto
1 entries- aberacio noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Finnish
3 entries- aberraatio noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberraatio noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
- poikkeama noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
French
1 entries- aberration noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
German
2 entries- Aberration noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- Abweichung noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
Greek
1 entries- παρέκκλιση noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
Hungarian
1 entries- aberráció noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Irish
1 entries- iomrall noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Italian
1 entries- aberrazione noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Kazakh
1 entries- аберрация noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- aberrasjon noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- aberrasjon noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Polish
1 entries- aberracja noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Portuguese
2 entries- aberração noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberração noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
Romanian
1 entries- aberație noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Russian
3 entries- аберра́ция noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- аберра́ция noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
- отклоне́ние noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
Spanish
2 entries- aberración noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberración noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
Turkish
2 entries- aberasyon noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- sapınç noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tính sai noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Investigators learned that the telescope’s primary mirror suffered from a production error, its edges too flat by 0.003 mm, resulting in an optical problem called spherical aberration.
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Since the magnitude of the spherical aberration was well-defined, engineers designed a set of mirrors that astronauts could place aboard Hubble during the previously planned first servicing mission.
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The unexpected by-product of the calculation was that Earth may be unique, actually an aberration among myriads of dead, uninhabitable worlds.
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