aberrasjon

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Aberrasjon

Learned borrowing from Latin aberrātiō (“relief, diversion”), from aberrātus (“wandered, strayed, deviated”) (with the suffix -tiō (“-tion, -ation, -ing”), from Proto-Italic *-tjō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis), perfect passive participle of aberrō (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from errō (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erzāō (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers-eh₂-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrant.

aberrasjon m (definite singular aberrasjonen, indefinite plural aberrasjoner, definite plural aberrasjonene)

(archaic) an exception
- 1917, Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae, Paul Botten Hansen, page 113:
  var noget menneske fri for alle saadanne aberrationer, da var det Hansen
  was any human being free from all such aberrations, then it was Hansen
Synonyms: avvik, unntak
(astronomy) an aberration (a small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.)
- 2015, astronomi.no:
  aberrasjon er enhver forskjell mellom bildet i et teleskop og et perfekt bilde
  aberration is any difference between the image in a telescope and a perfect image
(optics) an aberration (the convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.)
sfærisk aberrasjon og kromatisk aberrasjon
spherical aberration and chromatic aberration
(zoology, botany) an aberration (atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ)