How to Use parallax in a Sentence

parallax

noun
  • This parallax method then reveals the distance of the nearer stars.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2022
  • And yet, no matter how acute your vision was, nobody had ever observed a parallax for any of the stars in the sky.
    — Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And yet, no matter how acute your vision was, nobody had ever observed a parallax for any of the stars in the sky.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • And still, despite that prediction, no parallax was ever observed among the stars.
    — Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That apparent movement is parallax, and nearby stars do the exact same thing against a background sky.
    — Liz Kruesi, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2016
  • Put simply, a parallax is when an object’s position changes based on the observer’s point of view.
    — Candice Wang, Popular Science, 19 June 2020
  • The 30mm version also has a very precise parallax focus knob.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Thankfully, Hansen says there are more than a few ways to trick our brain into creating parallax.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
  • Scientists use the parallax effect to measure the distances to stars.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 June 2020
  • And every tester struggled to turn the extremely stiff parallax dial.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 Aug. 2020
  • To measure distances nearby, astronomers use the parallax method.
    — Liz Kruesi, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2016
  • Since the parallax method had failed, Michell wanted to try to find a new way of determining the distance to the stars.
    — Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Due to parallax, the change in apparent motion for this and the bullet will be slightly different.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 17 Jan. 2020
  • In this case, frame your images using the mirror on the front rather than the viewfinder, as parallax distortion is an issue up close.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Next, place your off hand on top of the scope, with the fatty heel of the thumb on the top turret, or the side parallax-adjustment turret if the scope has one.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Above all, time seems to function differently while chugging through these scrolling parallax landscapes.
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
  • This leads to lots of level variety and the parallax scrolling in the backgrounds is really impressive.
    — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • With Gaia, astronomers have measured the distance of a few hundred of these types of varying-brightness stars using parallax.
    — Liz Kruesi, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2016
  • Despite that prediction, no parallax was ever observed for more than 1000 years.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • To eliminate parallax errors, the minute and second hands are thoughtfully curved at the ends, a feature on all of Hanhart’s watches.
    — Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • During the competition, the robot’s head could be seen shifting from side to side as the operator used parallax to understand how far away objects were.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2023
  • And because parallax shift is proportional to the distance between the objects in view, a flattish curtain raises fewer problems than, say, trees in a field.
    — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Though many had tried, no astronomer in Michell’s time had successfully used parallax measurement to determine the distance to our nearest stars.
    — Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The team also has made record breaking measurements of parallax, a term that, boiled down, means a measurement of distance between objects in relation to each other.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The result was an absolutely stunning parallax effect.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
  • The parallax effect also offers a more mundane explanation of the Go Fast video, West contends.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
  • Accurate distance measurements with cameras requires spreading cameras apart to achieve parallax.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The pen is exceptionally accurate, with no discernible parallax issues.
    — PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • That’s the idea behind a parallax—that a more complete version of a story or image is possible when it’s experienced through multiple perspectives.
    — Laura Hudson, Wired, 29 Jan. 2020
  • That small difference allowed researchers to calculate microlensing parallax, which directly reveals how far away the lensing object must be.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026

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