Changes: Aberration

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Aberration has several meanings generally related to the idea of a deviation from the norm, from the usual:

In biology:

An abnormality of chromosomes

In psychology:

A disorder in one's behaviour or mental state. (see mental illness)

In optics:

Aberration in optical systems, an effect that causes light from one point of an object after transmission through the system to arrive at different points
Chromatic aberration, caused by a lens having a different refractive index for different wavelengths of light
Defocus aberration, meaning out of focus
Spherical aberration, an image imperfection that occurs due to the increased refraction of light rays that occurs when rays strike a lens or mirror near its edge

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 In '''psychology''':
-*A disorder in one's mental state. (see [[mental illness]])
+*A disorder in one's behaviour or mental state. (see [[mental illness]])
 In '''optics''':
-*[[Aberration of light]], an astronomical phenomenon which produces an apparent motion of celestial objects
-*[[Aberration in optical systems]], an effect that causes light from one point of an object after transmission through the system to arrive at dfferent points
+*[[Aberration in optical systems]], an effect that causes light from one point of an object after transmission through the system to arrive at different points
 *[[Chromatic aberration]], caused by a lens having a different refractive index for different wavelengths of light
 *[[Defocus aberration]], meaning out of focus