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Parallax

Noun CEFR B2
ˈpæɹ.əˌlæks

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit.

Equivalents

Españolparalaje
Françaisparallaxe
DeutschParallaxe
20 more languages
Češtinaparalaxa
Ελληνικάπαράλλαξη
Italianoparallasse
日本語視差
Қазақ тіліпараллакс
한국어시차
Polskiparalaksa
Portuguêsparalaxe
Românăparalaxă
Русскийпаралла́кс
Türkçeparalaks
Tiếng Việtthị sai

Examples

“[…] Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.”
Planes farther back on the z-axis scroll more slowly than those in front of them, producing a parallax effect. Early games with parallax scrolling tended to have their action taking place all in the forefront plane […]”
The stars appeared to be in different locations through the parallax effect, meaning that the stars seemed to shift against the background since New Horizons was viewing it from a different view point. Scientists use the parallax effect to measure the distances to stars. […] “The New Horizons spacecraft is truly a mission of firsts, and this demonstration of stellar parallax is no different,” said Kenneth Hansen, New Horizons program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, in a statement.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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