Parsec
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- secpar
- plural
- Parsecs
- possessive
- Parsec's
- pluralpossessive
- Parsecs'