aberrate
(verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; “The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens”
aberrate
(verb) diverge from the expected; “The President aberrated from being a perfect gentleman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aberrate (third-person singular simple present aberrates, present participle aberrating, simple past and past participle aberrated)
(intransitive) To go astray; to diverge; to deviate (from); deviate from. [mid 18th century]
(transitive) To distort; to cause aberration of. [late 19th century]
• The transitive sense is chiefly used in the past participle form (as aberrated).
Source: Wiktionary
Ab"er*rate, v.i. Etym: [L. aberratus, p.pr. of aberrare; ab + errare to wander. See Err.]
Definition: To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
