parallax
Noun
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The apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object (synset 111548676)
is a type of: optical phenomenon - a physical phenomenon related to or involving lightsubtypes:
- annual parallax, heliocentric parallax - the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline
- 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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