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Definitions: Aberrant |
AberrantAdjective1. Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrent behavior"; deviant ideas". Noun1. One whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aberrant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Etymology: Aberrant \Ab*er"rant\, adjective. [Latin expression aberrans, -rantis, present participle of aberrare. See Aberr.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Wandering or deviating from the usual or normal course. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
As a nova grows to more powerful in his ability to manipulate quantum they begin to experience the side effects of channelling larger and larger amounts, namely Taint. Taint is the 'non-humanness' side of quantum manipulation and at higher levels novas begin to show either physical or mental defects. These defects range as widely as a tentacle growing from one's stomach, sociopathic disorders, hair made of flames, odd skin composition (skin made of rubber for instance), a power you can't turn off, megalomania, or giving off radiation all the time.
Unlike other games by White Wolf there are no splats that limit one's abilities in Aberrant, though there are four major factions. This game definitely is NOT a four color supers game, each faction has areas of grey that challenge the morals of the characters.
Aberrant is also the prequal to Trinity and the successor to
Adventure, thus by reading Trinity you find out what happens to novas over the course of the next 60 years.Setting
Super powers in Aberrant come from an individual's ability to manipulate energy at the quantum (sub atomic) level. Since individuals who can do this have an imperfect understanding of quantum mechanics, their powers allways follow a specific path or are linked to a specific focus. For instance all the nova Anteus's powers revolve around nature; he can teleport by stepping into a tree and exiting another tree of the same type anywhere, he can create new species of animals, he can cause plants and animals to grow faster, die instantly, or to mutate. All his powers though follow his focus of nature. Other novas have other foci; plasma, fire, water, shapechanging, imperviousness,etc...
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aberrant (game)."
Synonym: AberrantSynonym: deviant (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deviation | Adjective: deviating; Verb: aberrant, errant; excursive, discursive; devious, desultory, loose; rambling; stray, erratic, vagrant, undirected, circuitous, indirect, zigzag; crab-like. |
Divergence | Adjective: diverging; Verb: divergent, radiant, centrifugal; aberrant. |
Error | In error, under an error; Noun: mistaken; Verb: tripping; Verb: out, out in one's reckoning; aberrant; beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off; astray; (at fault); on a false scent, on the wrong scent; in the wrong box, outside the ballpark; at cross purposes, all in the wrong; all out. |
Unconformity | Adjective: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aberrant |
| English words defined with "aberrant": aberrance, aberrancy, aberration ♦ deviance ♦ perversion ♦ sexual perversion, Subtypical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aberrant": Cognitive Therapy, Cosmids ♦ Philadelphia Chromosome ♦ ras Proteins, Ring Chromosomes. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aberrant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (aberrant, irregular), Dutch (aberrant, irregular), French (aberrant, abnormal, absurd, crazy, insane, mad, nuts, rogue), German (aberrant). |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Aberrant (1991) | |
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 | Blither; blithering; idiot; idiotic; incomprehensible; insane; institutionalized; crazy; crazed; out of your mind; out of his mind; out of my mind; mentally ill; aberrant; bewildered; confused; crazed; delirious; demented; deranged; deviant; deviate; ding. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In the epidermis UVR-induced changes include aberrant tissue architecture and alterations in keratinocytes and melanocytes and functional changes in Langerhans cells. (references) | |
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| "Aberrant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aberrant" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 64 | 42,009 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aberrant | 35 |
aberrant news | 10 |
aberrant artery right subclavian | 4 |
aberrant rpg | 3 |
aberrant artery kidney pain right subclavian | 3 |
aberrant character sheet | 2 |
aberrant behavior checklist | 2 |
aberrant behavior | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aberrant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rravgues, jonormal (abnormal, preternatural). (various references) | |
Arabic | منحرف شاذ (deviate, perverse), ضال (astray, errata, erratic, lost, rogue, stray, wandering), شاذ (anomalous, atypical, bastard, bizarre, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extraordinary, extravagant, far fetched, freak, intriguing, irregular, monstrous, moonstruck, odd, off beat, outlandish, preternatural, prodigious, queer, rogue, scatty, singular, stupendous, thumping, wild). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отклоняващ се от нормалния път, отделящ се от нормалния път, анормален (abnormal, freak). (various references) | |
Chinese | 出轨 (Derailed, Derailing, Derailment). (various references) | |
Czech | bloudící (erratic). (various references) | |
Danish | aberrant (irregular). (various references) | |
Dutch | afdwalend. (various references) | |
Esperanto | devojiĝanta, devianta. (various references) | |
Farsi | منحرف (Amiss, Astray, Awry, Deviant, Devious, Hellbent, Lost, Oblique, Perverse, Pervert, Skew), نابجا (Malapropos), کجراه , گمراه (Amiss, Astray, Devious, Heterodox, Perverse), بیراه (Astray). (various references) | |
French | aberrant (abnormal, absurd). (various references) | |
German | Irrtum (aberration, error, fallacy, falsity, mistake, pitfall), aberrant. (various references) | |
Greek | παρεκκλίνων (deviant). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חור' (step-), סוט" (deviant, divergent, perverse), לוז (crooked, deviate, pervert). (various references) | |
Hungarian | eltévelyedett (perverse), aberrált. (various references) | |
Italian | aberrante. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 常軌'逸した . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | じょうき'いっした. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aberrantay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aberrante (irregular). (various references) | |
Romanian | aberant (anomalous), care greşeşte (errant). (various references) | |
Russian | заблуждающийся (wrongheaded, wrong-headed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | aberantan, nenormalan (abnormal, unnatural). (various references) | |
Spanish | aberrante. (various references) | |
Swedish | anomal (anomalous), abnorm (abnormal, deformed, freak, freakish), vilsen (lost). (various references) | |
Turkish | anormal (abnormal, anomalous, freak, freakish, preternatural, unnatural), sapık (Dotty, perverse, pervert, perverted, unnatural, wacky). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aberrant": aberrantly, aberrants. (additional references) | |
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"Aberrant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abberant, abberrant, abborrent, aberant, Aberarth, Abercanny, abereant, aberrat, aberrent, aborrant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aberrant" (pronounced abe"runt) |
| 5 | -e" r u n t | apparent, declarant, errant, parent, transparent. |
| 4 | -r u n t | abhorrent, adherent, arrant, celebrant, coherent, Courant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, immigrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-n-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: antbear, narrate. | |
-2 letters: abater, arrant, banter, barren, barret, barter, errant, errata, ranter. | |
-3 letters: abate, anear, antae, antra, antre, arena, barer, barre, brant, brent, rabat, ratan, rater, reata, rebar, reran, taber, tarre, terra. | |
-4 letters: abet, anta, ante, area, bane, bare, barn, bate, bean, bear, beat, bent, beta, brae, bran, brat, bren, earn, etna, nabe, near, neat, rant, rare, rate, rear, rent, tare, tarn, tear, tern. | |
-5 letters: aba, ana, ane, ant, arb, are, art, ate, baa, ban, bar, bat, ben, bet, bra, brr, ear, eat, era, ern, err, eta, nab, nae, neb, net, ran, rat, reb, ret, tab, tae, tan, tar, tea, ten. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-n-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: aberrants. | |
+2 letters: aberrantly, aberration. | |
+3 letters: aberrations, arbitrament, brainteaser, libertarian, rattlebrain, retrainable, sauerbraten, trainbearer, warrantable. | |
+4 letters: aberrational, arbitraments, brainteasers, featherbrain, libertarians, rattlebrains, restrainable, sauerbratens, scatterbrain, standardbred, subterranean, tabernacular, trainbearers, transferable, turbellarian. | |
+5 letters: arbitrariness, embarrassment, featherbrains, gubernatorial, heartbreaking, intracerebral, rattlebrained, recalibrating, recalibration, scatterbrains, standardbreds, transferrable, transformable, transmembrane, transportable, turbellarians, unwarrantable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 65 72 72 61 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... . .-. .-. .- -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01100101 01110010 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b e r r a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0065 0072 0072 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3568718484678086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Sounds 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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