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Definition of Aberrations
1. aberration [n] - See also: aberration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aberrations
Literary usage of Aberrations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Other Minor Mental aberrations. ADOLESCENT MENTAL aberrations. § 316. ...
In treating the subject of minor mental aberrations which arise during adolescence ..."
2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The peripheral blood lymphocytes were cultured and harvested at 48 hours for
studies of chromosomal aberrations and at 72 hours for SCE frequency ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"aberrations of Audibility of Fog Signals.—The US Hydrographic Office in the ...
Audition is subject to aberrations, and under circumstances where little ..."
4. The Principles and Methods of Geometrical Optics: Especially as Applied to by James Powell Cocke Southall (1910)
"CHROMATIC VARIATIONS OF THE SPHERICAL aberrations. 356. If the aperture of the
optical system is not infinitely narrow (as has been assumed throughout in ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"On account of the aberrations of all rays which pass through O, ... The aberrations
can also be expressed by means of the "characteristic function " of the ..."
6. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"We have found a variety of cytological aberrations which have occurred spontaneously
... The purpose of this paper is to describe cytological aberrations ..."
7. The Methods of Petrographic-microscopic Research, Their Relative Accuracy by Frederic Eugene Wright (1911)
"SPHERICAL aberrations. MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT. The assumptions made in the above
... If monochromatic light be used, these aberrations may be conveniently ..."
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