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parallax

Syllabification: (par·al·lax)

Pronunciation: /ˈparəˌlaks/

Definition of parallax

noun

the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions, e.g., through the viewfinder and the lens of a camera.
the angular amount of parallax in a particular case, especially that of a star viewed from different points in the earth’s orbit.

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parallactic

Origin:

late 16th century (also in the general sense 'fact of seeing wrongly'): from French parallaxe, from Greek parallaxis 'a change', from parallassein 'to alternate', based on allassein 'to exchange' (from allos 'other')

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