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HORIZONTAL PARALLAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horizontal parallax mean?
• HORIZONTAL PARALLAX (noun)
The noun HORIZONTAL PARALLAX has 1 sense:
1. the maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon
Familiarity information: HORIZONTAL PARALLAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("horizontal parallax" is a kind of...):
diurnal parallax; geocentric parallax (the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates)
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