It wasn't an aberration.
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Aberration
//ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩//
Synonyms for "aberration" (253 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (76)
derangementdetourdeviancedeviancydeviationdeviousnessdiagonalitydifferencedifferentnessdigressiondiscursiondisorientationdistortiondistractiondivagationdivaricationdivergencedivergencydiversiondivision
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doglegdottinessdoubledriftdriftingeccentricityerrancyerrantryerraticismerraticnesserroneousnesserrorexcursionexcursusexorbitationfallaciousnessfallacyfalsenessfalsityfanningfanning outfaultfaultinessflawflawednessfoliefomentfreakfreakinessfreakishnessfurorhairpinhallucinationhamartiaheresyheterodoxyheteromorphismidiocrasyidiosyncrasyillusionindirectionindirectnessinferiorityinsanenessinsanityinstigateirrationalityirregularity
Related words (126)
kinkloss of mindloss of reasonlunacymadnessmaggotmaniamannerismmental deficiencymental derangementmental diseasemental disordermental disturbancemental illnessmental instabilitymental sicknessmind overthrownmindsicknessmisapplicationmisconstruction
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misdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmistakemonstrositynonconformityobliquenessobliquityoddityoddnesspeccancypeculiaritypererrationperversionpixilationpossessionprodigyprovokepsychopathyqueernessquipquirkquirkinessrabidnessraiseramblingrarityreasonlessnessself-contradictionsenselessnessseparationsetset onshattered mindsheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathsick mindsicknesssinsinfulnesssingularityskewskewnessslantslipsplayingspreadspreadingspreading outsquintstir upstrangenessstrayingsubnormalitysuperioritysweepswerveswervingswingingtackteratismtransversenesstrickturnturningtwistunbalanceunbalanced mindunconventionalityunnaturalismunnaturalnessunorthodoxyunsanenessunsound mindunsoundnessunsoundness of minduntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessvagaryvariationveerwanderingwarpwhimwhimsicalitywhimsywitlessnesswrongwrongnessyawzigzag
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8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
141 translations across 31 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- абера́ция noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- абера́ция noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- абера́ция noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- абера́ция noun (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure)
Catalan
2 entries- aberració noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- aberració noun (partial alienation of reason)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 像差 noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- 失常 noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Czech
1 entries- aberace noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
Danish
2 entries- aberration noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberration noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Dutch
4 entries- aberratie noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- aberratie noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberratie noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberratie noun (minor or temporary mental disorder)
Esperanto
2 entries- aberacio noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberacio noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Finnish
4 entries- aberraatio noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberraatio noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberraatio noun (minor or temporary mental disorder)
- aberraatio noun (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure)
French
4 entries- aberration noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberration noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- anomalie noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- anormalité noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Georgian
3 entries- აბერაცია noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- გადახრა noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- ცდომილება noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
German
4 entries- Abartigkeit noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- Aberration noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- Aberration noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- Aberration noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Greek
4 entries- εκκεντρικότητα noun (minor or temporary mental disorder)
- εκτροπή noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- λοξοδρόμηση noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- παρέκκλιση noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Hungarian
4 entries- aberráció noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberráció noun (partial alienation of reason)
- tévelygés noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- tévút noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Irish
4 entries- iomrall noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- iomrall noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- iomrall noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- iomrall noun (partial alienation of reason)
Italian
4 entries- aberrazione noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- aberrazione noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberrazione noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberrazione noun (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure)
Kazakh
3 entries- аберрация noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- аберрация noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- аберрация noun (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure)
Khmer
1 entries- ការភ្លាត់ភ្លាំង noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Norwegian
1 entries- avvik noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- aberrasjon noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberrasjon noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberrasjon noun (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- aberrasjon noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Persian
1 entries- ابیراهی noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Polish
2 entries- aberracja noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberracja noun (minor or temporary mental disorder)
Portuguese
4 entries- aberração noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- aberração noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberração noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberração noun (partial alienation of reason)
Romanian
4 entries- aberație noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- aberație noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberație noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberație noun (partial alienation of reason)
Russian
4 entries- аберра́ция noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- аберра́ция noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- аберра́ция noun (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure)
- аберра́ция noun (medicine: deviation from normal range)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भ्रंश noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- devijacija noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- odstupanje noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- zastranjenje noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
Slovak
1 entries- aberácia noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
Spanish
4 entries- aberración noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- aberración noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- aberración noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- aberración noun (partial alienation of reason)
Turkish
4 entries- aberasyon noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
- sapkınlık noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- sapma noun (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality)
- sapınç noun (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies)
Vietnamese
2 entries- quang sai noun (optics: convergence to different foci)
- 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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