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parallax
 
SYLLABICATION:par·al·lax
PRONUNCIATION:  pr-lks
NOUN: An apparent change in the direction of an object, caused by a change in observational position that provides a new line of sight.
ETYMOLOGY:French parallaxe, from Greek parallaxis, from parallassein, to change : para-, among; see para–1 + allassein, to exchange (from allos, other; see al-1 in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:paral·lactic (-lktk) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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