parallax
Meaning of parallax
noun
- An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.
- The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit.
- To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations.
- To produce an illusion of levels of distance by shifting layers at different rates.
Information about parallax
- The plural form of parallax is: parallaxes.
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Hyphenation of parallax
par-al-lax
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- parallax is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with parallax
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