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ANNUAL PARALLAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does annual parallax mean? 

ANNUAL PARALLAX (noun)
  The noun ANNUAL PARALLAX has 1 sense:

1. the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baselineplay

  Familiarity information: ANNUAL PARALLAX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANNUAL PARALLAX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

annual parallax; heliocentric parallax

Hypernyms ("annual parallax" is a kind of...):

parallax (the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annual parallax"):

stellar parallax (the heliocentric parallax of a star)


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