Aberrate
(v. i.) To go astray; to diverge. | ||||
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aberrate
Verb
1. diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"
(hypernym) deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(derivation) aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance
2. 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"
(hypernym) deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(derivation) aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance
(classification) optics
Verb
1. diverge from the expected; "The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman"
(hypernym) deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(derivation) aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance
2. 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"
(hypernym) deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(derivation) aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, deviance
(classification) optics
| hEnglish - advanced version |
aberrate
aberrate
\ab"er*rate\ (&?;), v. i. [l. aberratus, p. pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. see err.] to go astray; to diverge. [r.] their own defective and aberrating vision.
aberrate
\ab"er*rate\ (&?;), v. i. [l. aberratus, p. pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. see err.] to go astray; to diverge. [r.] their own defective and aberrating vision.