Aberration may refer to:
In optics and physics:
- Optical aberration, an imperfection in image formation by an optical system
- Spherical aberration, which occurs when light rays strike a lens or mirror near its edge
- Chromatic aberration, caused by differences in refractive index for different wavelengths of light
- Defocus aberration, which occurs when a system is out of focus
- Aberration of light, which produces an apparent motion of celestial objects
- Relativistic aberration, at high velocities
In genetics:
- Chromosome abnormality, or aberration, a disruption in the normal chromosomal content of a cell
In entertainment:
- Aberration (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature type in the role-playing game
- Aberration (film), a horror movie
- Aberration (EP)
Famous quotes containing the word aberration:
“The era of the political was one of anomie: crisis, violence, madness and revolution. The era of the transpolitical is that of anomaly: an aberration of no consequence, contemporaneous with the event of no consequence.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)