diurnal aberration

English

Noun

diurnal aberration (plural diurnal aberrations)

(astronomy) A deviation due to the earth's axial rotation.

Translations

deviation

Dutch: dagelijkse afwijking m

References

“diurnal aberration” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

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