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SOLAR PARALLAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("solar parallax" is a kind of...):
diurnal parallax; geocentric parallax (the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates)
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