parsecs

Meaning of parsecs

plural noun

a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.26 light years (3.086 × 1013 kilometres). One parsec corresponds to the distance at which the mean radius of the earth's orbit subtends an angle of one second of arc.

early 20th century: blend of parallax and second2.

Information about parsecs

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of parsecs is: parsec.
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Hyphenation of parsecs

par-secs

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • parsecs is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of parsecs

escarps, Rescaps, scrapes, secpars, spacers

Words that rhyme with parsecs

Secs, secs, Prilosecs, cosecs, kiloparsecs, megaparsecs, cusecs

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