aberrancy

noun — 2 senses

aberrancy

noun

US /æˈbɛɹ.n̩.si/

Etymology From aberrance + -y.

1

The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.

  • Thus they commonly affect no man any further than he deserts his reason, or complies with their aberrancies.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
2

Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The deviation of a curve from circular form.

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