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8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object
originFrom 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”). By surface analysis, par- + all- + -ax.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0