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Psychology Terms – abberation
1. An aberration from what is standard, customary, or correct. Refer to chromosomal aberration. 2. A transient impairment of behavior or cognitive function. 3. A defect of the crystalline lens of the eye, or any other lens or mirror, known as astigmatism or dioptric aberration, wherein light rays fail to converge at a singular focal point. Chromatic aberration occurs when various wavelengths of light are refracted at distinct angles and focused at varying distances, resulting in blurred images with colored fringes—refer to achromatic (2), refraction. Spherical aberration occurs when light traversing the periphery of a lens is focussed at a distinct point compared to light passing near the lens's center, leading to a distorted visual image due to the lens's spherical surface. Derived from the Latin term "aberrare," meaning to deviate, which combines "ab" (away) and "errare" (to wander), along with the suffix "-ation" denoting a process or state.
1. An aberration from what is standard, customary, or correct. Refer to chromosomal aberration. 2. A transient impairment of behavior or cognitive function. 3. A defect of the crystalline lens of the eye, or any other lens or mirror, known as astigmatism or dioptric aberration, wherein light rays fail to converge at a singular focal point. Chromatic aberration occurs when various wavelengths of light are refracted at distinct angles and focused at varying distances, resulting in blurred images with colored fringes—refer to achromatic (2), refraction. Spherical aberration occurs when light traversing the periphery of a lens is focussed at a distinct point compared to light passing near the lens's center, leading to a distorted visual image due to the lens's spherical surface. Derived from the Latin term "aberrare," meaning to deviate, which combines "ab" (away) and "errare" (to wander), along with the suffix "-ation" denoting a process or state.
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