aberrasjon
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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.
Compare French aberration, Portuguese aberração, Spanish aberración and English aberration.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abɛraˈʃuːn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uːn
- Hyphenation: ab‧er‧ra‧sjon
Noun
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
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- (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
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- (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
- sfærisk aberrasjon og kromatisk aberrasjon
- (zoology, botany) an aberration (atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ)
References
- “aberrasjon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “aberrasjon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aberrasjon” in Store norske leksikon
- “aberrasjon (astronomi)” in Store norske leksikon
- “aberrasjon (optikk)” in Store norske leksikon