aberration : Idioms & Phrases

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Chromatic aberration

  • noun an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes
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  • . (Opt.) See Aberration, 4.
Webster 1913

chromosomal aberration

  • noun any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities
    chromosomal anomaly; chromosonal disorder; chrosomal abnormality.
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Crown of aberration

  • (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun.
Webster 1913

Diurnal aberration

  • (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light.
Webster 1913

optical aberration

  • noun an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
    distortion; aberration.
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spherical aberration

  • noun an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
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