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Where does “parsec” come from?

parsec (English) comes from English parallax second — A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as...

parsec (English): parallax second

Definitions

  1. parallax second

Ancestry of “parsec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishparallax secondA unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as...

Words derived from “parsec”

  • megaparsec
  • kiloparsec
  • subparsec
  • gigaparsec
  • teraparsec
  • milliparsec
  • decaparsec
  • microparsec
  • attoparsec
  • parsec
  • parsec
  • parsec
  • パーセク
  • parsec
  • पारसेक
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