aberrance
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From aberr (“to stray”), from Latin aberrō (“to wander from the way”) + -ance
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.bɛɹ.n̩s/, /æˈbɛɹ.n̩ts/
Noun
aberrance (countable and uncountable, plural aberrances)
- State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude. [Mid 17th century.][1]
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Aberrancy of curvature; (Geometry): the deviation of a curve from a circular form.
Translations
state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 4
French
Noun
aberrance f (plural aberrances)
- (statistics) Character of what is aberrant.
- (uncommon) An aberration or anomaly.
Further reading
- “aberrance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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