SOLAR PARALLAX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("solar 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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