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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
  • A partial alienation of reason.
  • astronomy A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
  • optics The foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus.
  • zoology|botany atypical development or structure
  • legal The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.
  • physiology A deviation of an organism from the state which is regarded as normal.
  • The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.

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