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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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Meanings
noun
- 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.The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit.
verb
- 1.To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations.
- 2.To produce an illusion of levels of distance by shifting layers at different rates.
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