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ABERRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aberrate mean?
• ABERRATE (verb)
The verb ABERRATE has 2 senses:
2. diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration
Familiarity information: ABERRATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diverge from the expected
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman
Hypernyms (to "aberrate" is one way to...):
depart; deviate; diverge; vary (be at variance with; be out of line with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
aberrance (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)
aberrant (one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group)
aberration (a disorder in one's mental state)
aberration (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens
Hypernyms (to "aberrate" is one way to...):
depart; deviate; diverge; vary (be at variance with; be out of line with)
Domain category:
optics (the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
aberrance (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)
aberration (an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image)
aberration (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)
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