aberration
noun
the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
aberrations
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pluralof aberration.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If they detected any aberrations, they’d tweak the machines after the fact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
While it enables useful wavelength-dependent effects, it also causes chromatic aberrations that become more severe as bandwidth increases.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2026
The fires, the floods, the cascading disasters, aren’t aberrations we’ll overcome and move past, but rather the conditions under which we now live, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
"Studies suggest these aberrations in the vortex are happening more often in a warming world, which favors more frequent winter extremes," said Francis.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
But despite these aberrations he seemed to be accepted as an islander, simply because he had called Auntie Braxton “Trudy,” a name nobody had used for her since she was a young woman.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
