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    ANNUAL PARALLAX

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baselineplay

    Synonyms:

    annual parallax; heliocentric parallax

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("annual parallax" is a kind of...):

    parallax (the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annual parallax"):

    stellar parallax (the heliocentric parallax of a star)

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