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Plural of aberration

regular plural

The plural of aberration is aberrations.

Forms of aberration

Singularaberration /ˌæb.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩/
Pluralaberrations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Aberrations in a sentence

  • aberrations from theory
  • The bulk of questionable experimentation upon African Americans is not detailed here because much of it consists of aberrations in therapeutics that were ostensibly meant to cure.2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Introduction”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 30
  • The underlying pathological aberrations comprise insulin resistance and bihormonal dysfunction of the pancreatic α- and β-cells.2015 April 10, Xiaoping Chen, Wenying Yang, “Branched-chain amino acids and the association with type 2 diabetes”, in Journal of Diabetes…. From the entry bihormonal
  • The lens form having the least optical aberrations is called the best form lens.2003, R. Pitts Crick, A Textbook of Clinical Ophthalmology. From the entry best form lens
  • Should the element be misfigured, then these aberrations would be combined with the actual misfigure.1983 August 23, Gregory C . Dente, “Separating misalignment from misfigure in interferograms on off - axis aspheres”, in Precision Surface…. From the entry misfigure

Meaning of aberration

  1. noun The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
  2. noun The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
  3. noun A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.

Full definition of aberration

Questions about the plural of aberration

What is the plural of aberration?
The plural of aberration is aberrations.
Is aberration countable?
Aberration is a countable and uncountable noun.

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