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

Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 7

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