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parallax

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noun

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The correct spelling is parallax. An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.

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noun

  1. 1.An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.
  2. 2.The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit.

verb

  1. 1.To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations.
  2. 2.To produce an illusion of levels of distance by shifting layers at different rates.

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