aberration

ab-er-ra-tion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.

  2. 2.

    (Optics) The failure of a lens or mirror to produce exact point-to-point correspondence between an object and its image.

  3. 3.

    (Biology) A deviation from the normal structure or number of chromosomes.

Forms

plural: aberrations

Related words

Antonyms: norm, regularity
See also: aberrant, anomaly, deviation
Synonyms: abnormality, anomaly, deviation, irregularity

Etymology

From Latin aberratio, from aberrare (to wander away).