DIURNAL ABERRATION

  

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DIURNAL ABERRATION

Definition: DIURNAL ABERRATION

DIURNAL ABERRATION

1. (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: DIURNAL ABERRATION

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

Aberration caused by the rotation of the earth. The value of diurnal aberration varies with the latitude of the observer and ranges from zero at the poles to 0.31 second of arc. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: DIURNAL ABERRATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-d-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-r-r-t-u"

-5 letters: aberrational.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DIURNAL ABERRATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 55 52 4E 41 4C      41 42 45 52 52 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01010101 01010010 01001110 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000001 01000010 01000101 01010010 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#85 &#82 &#78 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#65 &#66 &#69 &#82 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0055 0052 004E 0041 004C      0041 0042 0045 0052 0052 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38435552483546235363952523554434948

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1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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