Aberration

Template:Wiktionary An aberration is something that deviates from the normal way.

Aberration may also refer to:

Biology and medicine

• Form (zoology) or aberration, a rare mutant butterfly or moth wing pattern
• Cardiac aberrancy, aberration in the shape of the EKG signal
• Chromosome aberration, abnormal number or structure of chromosomes

Entertainment

• Aberration, a DLC for the video game Ark: Survival Evolved
• Aberration (film), a 1997 horror film
• Aberration (EP), by Neurosis, 1989
• Aberrations, or abbies, human-like creatures in the American TV series Wayward Pines

Optics and physics

• Astronomical aberration, phenomenon wherein objects appear to move about their true positions in the sky
• Chromatic aberration, failure of a lens to focus all colors on the same point
• Defocus aberration, in which an image is out of focus
• Optical aberration, an imperfection in image formation by an optical system
• Relativistic aberration, the distortion of light at high velocities
• Spherical aberration, which occurs when light rays pass through a spherical lens near the edge

See also

• Aberrant (role-playing game), a superhero role-playing game by White Wolf Game Studio
• Aberrancy (geometry), the non-circularity of a curve
• Abomination (Bible), a term used in Bible
• Freak (disambiguation)
• Monster