\¦a-bə-¦rā-shən\ [L. aberrare] (1594) n. In optical systems, the failure of light rays from one object point to converge to a single focal point.
See chromatic aberration and spherical aberration.
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(2006). Aberration. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30160-0_17
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