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Princeton's WordNet
aberrateverb
diverge from the expected
"The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"
aberrateverb
diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration
"The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"
Wiktionary
aberrateverb
To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from).
Their own defective and aberrating vision. - De Quincey
aberrateverb
To distort; to cause aberration of.
Etymology: From aberratus, perfect passive participle of aberro, formed from ab + erro.
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aberrate
To aberrate means to diverge or deviate from the normal or expected path, course, or standard. This can refer to physical movement, behavior, or thought processes. It can also refer to a failure of a lens or mirror to produce an exact image, causing distortion or color dispersion.
aberrate
To aberrate means to deviate from the normal or expected path, course, or standard. It could refer to a physical deviation, such as light bending as it passes through a prism, or a behavioral deviation, such as acting in a way that goes against social norms. It can also refer to a deviation in a mathematical or scientific context.
Webster Dictionary
Aberrateverb
to go astray; to diverge
Etymology: [L. aberratus, p. pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. See Err.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Aberrate
ab′ėr-rāt, v.i. to wander or deviate from the right way:—pr.p. ab′errāting; pa.p. ab′errāted.—ns. Aber′rance, Aber′rancy (rare forms).—adj. Aber′rant (zool. and bot.), wandering, deviating in some particulars from its group.—n. Aberrā′tion, a wandering from the right path: deviation from truth or rectitude: in science, deviation from the type: abnormal structure or development.—Aberration of light, an apparent alteration in the place of a star, arising from the motion of the earth in its orbit, combined with the progressive passage of light. [L. aberrāre, -ātum—ab, from, errāre, to wander.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aberrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aberrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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