PARALLAX


Meaning of PARALLAX in English

n. 1 the apparent difference in the position or direction of an object caused when the observer's position is changed. 2 the angular amount of this. parallactic adj.

[ F parallaxe f. mod.L parallaxis f. Gk parallaxis change f. parallasso to alternate (as PARA-(1), allasso exchange f. allos other) ]

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