Look up: Parsec

1. PARSEC
   Extensible language with PL/I-like syntax, derived from PROTEUS. 'PARSEC User's Manual', Bolt Beranek & Newman (Dec 1972).
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2. parsec
   A large distance often used in astronomy, it is equal to 3.26 light years, or 3.1 × 1018 cm (see scientific notation).
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3. parsec
   [n] - a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc
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4. Parsec
   A unit for expressing large distances. It is the distance at which a star would have a parallax of one arc second, equal to 3.2616 light years, 206,265 astronomical units (AU) or 30.857 * 10E12 km.
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5. parsec
   the radius of a circle on whose circumference 1 arc-second corresponds to 1 AU Category: The cosmos
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6. parsec
   secpar noun a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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7. parsec
   unit for expressing distances to stars and galaxies, used by professional astronomers. It represents the distance at which the radius of the Earth`s ... [3 related articles]
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8. parsec
   parsec (pär'sec) [parallax + second], in astronomy, basic unit of length for measuring interstellar and intergalactic distances, equal to 206,265 times the distance from the earth to the sun, 3.26 light-years, or 3.08 × 1013 km (about 19 million million mi). The distance in parsecs of ...
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9. Parsec
   A parsec is an astronomical unit of distance equivalent to 3.2616 light-years.
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10. parsec
    Unit used for distances to stars and galaxies. One parsec is equal to 3.2616 light years, 2.063 × 10⁵ astronomical units, and 3.857 × 10¹³ km. A parsec is the distance at which a star would have a parallax (apparent shift in position) of one second of arc when viewed from two points the same d...
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11. Parsec
    A unit of distance equal to about 3.26 light-years (or, more precisely, equal to 206,265 Astronomical Units). Technically, a parsec is defined to be the distance from which the Earth and Sun would appear to be separated from one another by 1 second of arc (about the size a dime would appear to be if seen from a distance of 2 miles).
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12. Parsec
    The `parsec` (symbol: `pc`) is a unit of length used in astronomy. It is about 3.26 light-years, or just under 31 13-->) kilometres (about 19 trillion miles). The name parsec is "an abbreviated form of `a distance corresponding to a `par`allax of one `sec`ond`." It was coined in 191...
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13. Parsec
    (disambiguation) In astronomy, a `parsec` is a unit of distance. `Parsec` may also refer to: In `video games`: In `computer science`: In `music`: In `science fiction`: In `quantum physics`:
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14. Parsec
    (video game) `Parsec` is a computer game for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A. Perhaps the best-remembered of all TI-99/4A games, it is a side-scrolling shooter, programmed in 1982 by Jim Dramis (who also programmed the popular TI-99/4A games Car Wars and Munch Man) and Pau...
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15. PARSEC
    `PARSEC` is a package designed to perform electronic structure calculations of solids and molecules using density functional theory (DFT). The acronym stands for Pseudopotential Algorithm for Real-Space Electronic Calculations.. It solves the Kohn-Sham equations in real space, without the use...
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