aberration

English Thesaurus

1. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	optical phenomenon,
definition	:	a physical phenomenon related to or involving light (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	chromatic aberration,
definition	:	an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	spherical aberration,
definition	:	an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image (noun.phenomenon)

2. a disorder in one's mental state (noun.state)

hypernym	:	disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder,
definition	:	(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness (noun.state)

3. a state or condition markedly different from the norm (noun.state)

hypernym	:	abnormalcy, abnormality,
definition	:	an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies (noun.state)

hyponym	:	chromosomal aberration, chromosomal anomaly, chromosonal disorder, chrosomal abnormality,
definition	:	any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities (noun.state)

hyponym	:	deflection, warp,
definition	:	a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting (noun.state)

4. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration (verb.stative)

5. a disorder in one's mental state (noun.state)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge from the expected (verb.stative)

6. a state or condition markedly different from the norm (noun.state)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration (verb.stative)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge from the expected (verb.stative)

derivation	:	aberrant, deviant, deviate,
definition	:	markedly different from an accepted norm (adj.all)

7. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration (verb.stative)

8. a disorder in one's mental state (noun.state)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge from the expected (verb.stative)

9. a state or condition markedly different from the norm (noun.state)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration (verb.stative)

derivation	:	aberrate,
definition	:	diverge from the expected (verb.stative)

derivation	:	aberrant, deviant, deviate,
definition	:	markedly different from an accepted norm (adj.all)