\▐a-bə-▐rā-shən\ n [L. aberrare] (1594) 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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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Aberration. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_17
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