DIURNAL PARALLAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diurnal parallax mean? 

• DIURNAL PARALLAX (noun)
  The noun DIURNAL PARALLAX has 1 sense:

1. the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates

  Familiarity information: DIURNAL PARALLAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIURNAL PARALLAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

diurnal parallax; geocentric parallax

Hypernyms ("diurnal 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 "diurnal parallax"):

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)