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Definitions of aberration
  1. noun
    an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
  2. noun
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  3. noun
    a disorder in one's mental state
Definition that contains aberration
  • warp a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
  • deflection a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
  • schmidt telescope reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
  • apochromatic corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration
  • aberrate diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration
  • spherical aberration an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
  • chromatic aberration an optical aberration in which the image has colored fringes
  • maksutov telescope reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens
  • achromatic lens a compound lens system that forms an image free from chromatic aberration
  • schmidt camera reflecting telescope that has plate that corrects for aberration so a wide area of sky can be photographed
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