Angular vs. Parallax

Angularadjective

Relating or pertaining to an angle or angles.

Angularadjective

Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner

Angularadjective

Sharp-cornered; pointed.

Angularadjective

Measured by an angle.

Angularadjective

Lean, lank.

Angularadjective

Ungraceful; lacking grace.

Angularadjective

(figuratively) Sharp and stiff in character.

Angularadjective

(organic chemistry) Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).

Angularnoun

(anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Angularadjective

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

Angularadjective

Measured by an angle; as, angular distance.

Angularadjective

Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.

Angularnoun

A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.

Angularadjective

measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle;

Angularadjective

having angles or an angular shape

Parallaxnoun

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.

Parallaxnoun

(astronomy) The angle of seeing of the astronomical unit.

Parallaxverb

(transitive) To measure (a distance) based on parallax observations.

Parallaxverb

(animation) To produce an illusion of levels of distance by shifting layers at different rates.

Parallaxnoun

The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view.

Parallaxnoun

The apparent difference in position of a body (as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional point, as the earth's center or the sun.

Parallaxnoun

The annual parallax. See annual parallax, below.

Parallaxnoun

the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object

Parallax

Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines. Due to foreshortening, nearby objects show a larger parallax than farther objects when observed from different positions, so parallax can be used to determine distances.