GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   parallax second , n. An annual parallax of one second of an arc; -- applied to celestial objects outside the solar system.  It is used to measure the distance of an astronomical object from the Earth.  A star which has an annual parallax of one second of an arc is considered to be one parsec (3.26 light years) distant from the earth.  See parsec in the vocabulary.
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