HORIZONTAL PARALLAX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon

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Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

diurnal parallax; geocentric parallax (the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates)

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