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n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.

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	n.) ~~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; called annual aberration~~, when ~~the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'',~~ and ~~in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth~~.		n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.