"parallax" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæɹ.əˌlæks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-parallax.wav Forms: parallaxes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French parallaxe, from Ancient Greek παράλλαξις (parállaxis, “alteration”) from παραλλάσσω (parallássō, “to cause to alternate”) from ἀλλάσσω (allássō, “to alter”) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|parallaxe}} Middle French parallaxe, {{der|en|grc|παράλλαξις|t=alteration}} Ancient Greek παράλλαξις (parállaxis, “alteration”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} parallax (countable and uncountable, plural parallaxes)
  1. An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (shift): paral·laxi [feminine] (Catalan), 視差 /视差 (shìchā) (Chinese Mandarin), paralaxa (Czech), parallakse (Danish), paralakso (Esperanto), parallaks (Estonian), parallaksi (Finnish), parallaxe [feminine] (French), paralaxe [feminine] (Galician), Parallaxe [feminine] (German), παράλλαξη (parállaxi) (Greek), paralaks (Haitian Creole), parallaxis (Hungarian), saobhdhiall [masculine] (Irish), parallasse [feminine] (Italian), 視差 (shisa) (alt: しさ) (Japanese), параллакс (parallaks) (Kazakh), paralakse (Latvian), parallax (Luxembourgish), parallakse (Norwegian), paralaksa [feminine] (Polish), paralaxe [feminine] (Portuguese), paralaxă (Romanian), паралла́кс (paralláks) [masculine] (Russian), parallassi (Sicilian), paralaksa (Slovene), paralaje [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), இடமாறுதோற்றம் (iṭamāṟutōṟṟam) (Tamil), paralaks (Turkish), thị sai (alt: 視差) (Vietnamese), paralacs [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-parallax-en-noun-OMIsWdT9 Disambiguation of 'shift': 100 0
  2. (astronomy) The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy, Astronomy
    Sense id: en-parallax-en-noun-CjOfws2W Disambiguation of Astronomy: 5 75 19 2 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cognitive parallax, motion parallax, parallactic, parallax motion, parallax second, parsec

Verb

IPA: /ˈpæɹ.əˌlæks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-parallax.wav Forms: parallaxes [present, singular, third-person], parallaxing [participle, present], parallaxed [participle, past], parallaxed [past]
Etymology: From Middle French parallaxe, from Ancient Greek παράλλαξις (parállaxis, “alteration”) from παραλλάσσω (parallássō, “to cause to alternate”) from ἀλλάσσω (allássō, “to alter”) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|parallaxe}} Middle French parallaxe, {{der|en|grc|παράλλαξις|t=alteration}} Ancient Greek παράλλαξις (parállaxis, “alteration”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} parallax (third-person singular simple present parallaxes, present participle parallaxing, simple past and past participle parallaxed)
  1. (transitive) To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations. Tags: transitive
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  2. (animation) To produce an illusion of levels of distance by shifting layers at different rates. Categories (topical): Animation
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