aberration
has definitions from the fields of physics,psychiatry,medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The Poynting-Robertson effect ( Robertson , 1937 ; Wyatt and Whipple , 1950 ) , which is a retardation of the orbital motion of particles by the relativistic aberration of the repulsive_force of the impinging solar_radiation , causes the dust to spiral into the sun in times much shorter than the age of the Earth . Related terms abnormality deflection chromosomal_aberration aberrate aberrate |
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[ noun ] (psychiatry) a disorder in one's mental state
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[ noun ] (physics) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Synonyms Related terms optical_phenomenon chromatic_aberration spherical_aberration aberrate |
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