I get the impression the author in the last link should have actually read the Wikipedia article he linked to, because what he calls parallax it calls stereopsis. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
If they do, the parallax is not set for the range of the target you are using. From Wordnik.com. [How Many Groups is Enough?] Reference
Not to mention that a fixed 10 power scope with no adjustable parallax is problematic at best, in an urban combat environment. From Wordnik.com. [Marines Get New Sniper Scope] Reference
All the planets have disappeared, the moon’s phases are screwy, and the sun’s parallax is too large. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
If we have two points of reference, we might be able to adapt the method of parallax, which is used by astronomers to determine the distance to stars. From Wordnik.com. [The Hardball Times] Reference
Telescope and a depth-perceiving trick called parallax to determine the distance of dark planets, black holes, and failed stars which lurk invisibly among us. From Wordnik.com. [Image Gallery] Reference
By allowing each eye to see only one RGB image, the 3-D glasses create a stereoscopic parallax, which is interpreted by the wearer as a full-color, 3-D laser image. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Instead of stereoscopy, the device uses a principle called motion parallax, which is one of the means by which we usually perceive depth in a three dimensional scene. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
This difference is called the parallax of the stars; and the problem of measuring it is one of the most delicate and difficult in the whole field of practical astronomy. From Wordnik.com. [The Extent of the Universe] Reference
When you meet with a statement containing an unfamiliar word -- say, the word "parallax," or. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
I will suggest that we might begin to understand the relationship between Kant and Bourdieu by considering how a similar "parallax" underlies Bourdieu's thought. From Wordnik.com. [Contention and Contestation: Aesthetic Culture in Kant and Bourdieu] Reference
Instead of the ordinary menu, he uses a kind of parallax movieclip, where the user must interact with the stage to explore the site. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
These are called parallax measurements. From Wordnik.com. [Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Conclusion - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
This is called parallax shift. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The greatest parallax of any star is that of Alpha. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881] Reference
Finally, he determined the parallax of the star to be. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Because of this parallax, M. Bonilla placed the bodies "relatively near the earth.". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Life becomes awful by its reaches: its span from zenith to nadir, by moral parallax. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864] Reference
It has a large proper motion, which led him to conclude that its parallax must be considerable. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
So, for me to look over and see Kooch there is really just - it's a real parallax view, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Carole King, James Taylor: Together, 40 Years Later] Reference
Accepting it provisionally, we find the parallax of Alcyone = about 0.02 ', implying a distance of. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
Hence, of all the stars in the Pleiades these are the most likely to have a measurable annual parallax. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
Previously the company has a shown a "multi-parallax" glasses-free 3D technology for use in mobile devices. From Wordnik.com. [Toshiba: Glasses-free 3D TVs by the end of the year?] Reference
The annual parallax of a heavenly body is the angle subtended at that body by the radius of the Earth's orbit. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Stars of this class are all very remote, and no attempt has as yet been made to ascertain the parallax of Algol. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
The peculiar effect of aberration was perceived by him when endeavouring to obtain the parallax of Gamma Draconis. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
A few years later, Picard, a French astronomer, attempted to find the parallax of Alpha Lyræ, but was unsuccessful. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
No measurement of any stellar parallax, however minute and whatever the result might be, could have any bearing on its truth. From Wordnik.com. [Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge] Reference
For 3D shots in which the images don't align correctly, there's a special parallax control that lets you join images together. From Wordnik.com. [First Look: Fujifilm brings 3D to digital cameras] Reference
It is improbable, however, that even these nearer stars are practicable subjects for the direct determination of annual parallax. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
Bradley's discovery this source of error was avoided, and it was found that the parallax of the stars had to be considerably reduced. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
So, also, the horizontal parallax -- the most palpable of all methods -- taken by different observers at Berlin, and the Cape of Good. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Copernicus ascribed the absence of any parallax to the immense distances of the stars as compared with the dimensions of the terrestrial orbit. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
In 1669, Hooke made the first attempt to ascertain the parallax of a fixed star, and selected for this purpose Gamma Draconis, a bright star in the Head of the Dragon. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Attempts have been made to determine its parallax, but without success, and during the eighty years it has been under observation it has remained apparently motionless. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Galileo suggested a method of obtaining the parallax of the fixed stars, by observing two stars of unequal magnitude apparently near to each other, though really far apart. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
By an examination of the observations made by him at the Cape, he determined the parallax of Alpha Centauri to be 1´´·16, but later astronomers have reduced it to 0´´·75. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
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