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How to pronounce parallax in English?

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Type of optical phenomenon
Has types annual parallax, diurnal parallax, geocentric parallax, heliocentric parallax

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Parallax Error Beheads You is a musical wasteland with a truly chilling bedrock.
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As well as improving ease of use, a plumb sight may also reduce parallax errors.
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The early parallax measurements were hampered by the quality of the instruments.
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Stellar parallax remains the standard for calibrating other measurement methods.
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Parallax officially closed its doors Friday after nearly 40 years of operation.
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In 1672, Cassini and a friend measured how far Mars is from Earth using parallax.
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An internal graticule provides an advantage in that it eliminates parallax error.
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When the object in question is a star, the effect is known as stellar parallax.
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This defines the parsec, a convenient unit for measuring distance using parallax.
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  • The apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object
  • PARALLAX is a thriller novel by Jon F. Merz. It was published as a Kindle e-book from Maelstrom Books in 2009.
  • Parallax is the fourth studio album by guitarist Greg Howe, released in 1995 on Shrapnel Records.
  • Parallax is a fictional comic book supervillain in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Ron Marz and artist Darryl Banks for Green Lantern (vol. 3) #48 (January 1994), Parallax was devised as the new supervillain identity for former Green Lantern protagonist Hal Jordan.
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  • Harold "Hal" Jordan is a DC Comics superhero known as Green Lantern and a founding member of the Justice League of America. Jordan is the second DC Comics character to adopt the Green Lantern moniker and arguably the most popular one. ...
  • Parallax is a 2004 Australian children's television series that screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Nine Network. It was a 26 part series funded by the Film Finance Corporation Australia and supported by Lotterywest.
  • The change of angular position of two stationary points relative to each other as seen by an observer, due to the motion of an observer; The apparent shift of an object against a background due to a change in observer position; The angle of seeing of the Astronomical Unit
  • A condition that occurs when the image of the target is not focused precisely on the reticle plane. Parallax is visible as an apparent movement between the reticle and the target when the shooter moves his head or, in extreme cases, as an out-of-focus image. ...