Meaning
aberration
- A departure from what is normal, right, or natural; a distortion or anomaly.
- An optical defect in a lens or mirror preventing sharp focus.
In a sentence
Considerare giusta quella violenza è una vera aberrazione morale.
Considering that violence justified is a true moral aberration.
Il nuovo obiettivo fotografico corregge ogni minima aberrazione ottica.
The new camera lens corrects every slight optical aberration.
Quella legge ingiusta fu ritenuta un'aberrazione del sistema giuridico.
That unjust law was deemed an aberration of the legal system.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| aberrazione | feminine · singular |
| aberrazioni | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Formal register; often describes extreme moral, intellectual, or logical errors.
- In physics and photography, it refers to optical defects ('aberrazione cromatica').