An aberrant state or condition; SYN. aberrancy, aberration, deviance.
A state or condition markedly different from the norm.
A state or condition markedly different from the norm
ETYM Latin aberratio: cf. French aberration. Related to Aberrate.
Deviation; momentary mental lapse; Astronomy, apparent deviation from heavenly body's true position due to movement of observer with the earth. chromatic aberration, focusing of light of different colors at different points resulting in a blurred image. spherical aberration, focusing at different points of rays passing through different parts of spherical lens.
1. An abnormal instance of something; an anomaly.
2. A disorder in one's mental state.
3. An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image; SYN. distortion, optical aberration.
ETYM Latin obliquitas: cf. French obliquité.
1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity.
2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.