PARSEC


Meaning of PARSEC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpär-ˌsek ]

noun

Etymology: par allax + sec ond

Date: 1913

: a unit of measure for interstellar space that is equal to 3.26 light-years and is the distance to an object having a parallax of one second as seen from points separated by one astronomical unit

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