stellar parallax

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• Stellar parallax — Parallax Par al*lax, n. [Gr. ? alternation, the mutual inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. ? to change a little, go aside, deviate; para beside, beyond + ? to change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. {Parallel}.] 1. The apparent displacement, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stellar Parallax —    Stellar Parallax, important in astronomy, is the apparent change in position of a nearby star when observed from opposite sides of Earth s orbit (6 month interval). The farther away the star is the smaller the parallax. Stellar parallax is… …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• stellar parallax — žvaigždžių paralaksas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. stellar parallax vok. Sternparallaxe, f rus. звёздный параллакс, m pranc. parallaxe stellaire, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• stellar parallax — noun the heliocentric parallax of a star • Hypernyms: ↑heliocentric parallax, ↑annual parallax * * * noun : the heliocentric parallax of a star …   Useful english dictionary

• Parallax — Par al*lax, n. [Gr. ? alternation, the mutual inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. ? to change a little, go aside, deviate; para beside, beyond + ? to change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. {Parallel}.] 1. The apparent displacement, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parallax of the cross wires — Parallax Par al*lax, n. [Gr. ? alternation, the mutual inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. ? to change a little, go aside, deviate; para beside, beyond + ? to change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. {Parallel}.] 1. The apparent displacement, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parallax — For other uses, see Parallax (disambiguation). A simplified illustration of the parallax of an object against a distant background due to a perspective shift. When viewed from Viewpoint A , the object appears to be in front of the blue square.… …   Wikipedia

• parallax — parallactic /par euh lak tik/, adj. parallactically, adv. /par euh laks /, n. 1. the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer. 2. Astron. the apparent angular displacement of a celestial body due …   Universalium

• Parallax —    The apparent displacement of the position of a celestial object on the celestial sphere when seen from two different places. The Diurnal Parallax is the parallactic shift of a celestial object when seen from two points that are one Earth… …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• Stellar kinematics — is the study of the movement of stars without needing to understand how they acquired their motion. This differs from stellar dynamics, which takes into account gravitational effects. The motion of a star relative to the Sun can provide useful… …   Wikipedia

• Annual parallax — Parallax Par al*lax, n. [Gr. ? alternation, the mutual inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. ? to change a little, go aside, deviate; para beside, beyond + ? to change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. {Parallel}.] 1. The apparent displacement, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English