diurnal parallax
n
(Astronomy) See parallax [2]
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| Noun | 1. |  diurnal parallax - the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotatesparallax - the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object horizontal parallax - the maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon solar parallax - the angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unit |
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