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aberration (Abnormality), noun alienation, deflection, departure, derailment, deviation, digression, discrepancy, dislocation, disorientation, divergence, divergency, diversion, irregularity, lapse, misdirection, refraction, wandering, wrong course aberration (Insanity), noun abnormality, amentia, delirium, delusion, dementedness, derangement, disorrered intellect, frenzy, hallucination, loss of reason, lunacy, madness, mental derangement, mental incapacity, mental infirmities, mental instability, mental sickness, paranoia, unnound mind, want of reason See also: deviation, digression, discrepancy, error, fault, insanity, irregularity, mistake, nonconformity, perversion, quirk How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This procedure is "the worst [type of eye surgery] in terms of introducing spherical aberration," says Howland. A molded glass aspheric lens has two advantages over a multi-element lens, first, the aspheric design reduces spherical aberration and coma in a single element, and second, with fewer optical surfaces required, overall light transmission is higher," states Emily Kubacki, Optics Product Manager. Weiler, repairs made by astronauts last month have corrected the spherical aberration in Hubble's primary mirror, making the telescope the worldclass observatory astronomers had always hoped for. |
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