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