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parallax second

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
par-al-lax sec-ond
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as the distance from the Earth of an object that exhibits a parallax of 1 arcsecond. It is approximately equal to 3.08568025 × 10¹³ kilometers or 3.2616 light years.

Inflected Forms

parallax seconds (plural)

Synonyms

parsec psc pc

Questions

What does parallax second mean?
A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as the distance from the Earth of an object that exhibits a parallax of 1 arcsecond. It is approximately equal to 3.08568025 × 10¹³ kilometers or 3.2616 light years.

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