An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The smallest component of the aberration of starlight which is caused by the motion of the solar system through space. → annual aberration; → diurnal aberration.

→ secular; → aberration.

An aberration of a spherical lens or spherical mirror in which light rays converge not to a single point but to a series of points with different distances from the lens or mirror. Spherical aberration is corrected by using parabolic reflecting and refracting surface.

→ spherical; → aberration.

Same as → aberration of starlight .

→ stellar; → aberratio.