HELIOCENTRIC PARALLAX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

annual parallax; heliocentric parallax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("heliocentric 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 "heliocentric parallax"):

stellar parallax (the heliocentric parallax of a star)

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