See parallax.
·adj A daybook; a journal. II. Diurnal ·adj A diurnal bird or insect. III. Diurnal ·adj Opening du...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different...
An apparent change in the position of an object, arising from a change of the observer's station, an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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That part of a circle, parallel to the equator, which is described by a celestial body from its risi...
·add. ·- The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the...
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Half the arc described by a heavenly body between its rising and setting. ...