parallax correction

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parallax correction [′par·ə‚laks kə‚rek·shən]

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In celestial navigation, that sextant altitude correction made necessary because of the difference between the apparent direction from a point on the surface of the earth to a celestial body and the apparent direction from the center of the earth to the same body.

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