aberration
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Winning without a superstar: Aberration or potential trend?
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2015
“Oh, no! The chil-dren in our section never drop balls! They’re all perfectly trained. We haven’t had an Aberration for three years.”
From "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
“Oh, no! The children in our section never drop balls! They’re all perfectly trained. We haven’t had an Aberration for three years.”
From "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle
Aberration is eccentricity of mental action due to an abnormal state of the perceptive faculties, and is manifested by error in perceptions and rambling thought.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Chromatic Aberration is another difficulty that opticians have to contend with in the manufacturing of lenses.
From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)
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