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Aberration comes from Latin roots meaning what?

aberration

[ab-uh-ray-shuhn] / ˌæb Ι™ΛˆreΙͺ ΚƒΙ™n /




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In principle, these materials might even take advantage of the aberration effects described in the study.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Creep” is like an aberration — it wasn’t really a Radiohead song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Around 20 activists entered a pool in a Brussels park on Wednesday to protest the absence of designated outdoor swimming areas in the Belgian capital, calling it an aberration in the midst of a heatwave.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

This is the question Tottenham's board members will be asking themselves after Tudor's latest aberration: are the players responding to the manager's methods?

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Although the public wanted to see Bobby back at the board, his absence from chess for less than a year was not an aberration.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

If they detected any aberrations, they’d tweak the machines after the fact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The fires, the floods, the cascading disasters, aren’t aberrations we’ll overcome and move past, but rather the conditions under which we now live, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

"Studies suggest these aberrations in the vortex are happening more often in a warming world, which favors more frequent winter extremes," said Francis.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

And mind you, those guys on my road are anything but aberrations.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025

In their world, aberrations were as much a part of nature as grace.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison


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