HELIOCENTRIC PARALLAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heliocentric parallax mean? 

• HELIOCENTRIC PARALLAX (noun)
  The noun HELIOCENTRIC PARALLAX has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIOCENTRIC 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 ("heliocentric 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 "heliocentric parallax"):

stellar parallax (the heliocentric parallax of a star)