Parallax

//ˈpæɹ.əˌlæks//

Synonyms for "parallax"

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Translations

31 translations across 31 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • paral·laxi noun (shift)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 視差 /视差 noun (shift)

Czech

1 entries
  • paralaxa noun (shift)

Danish

1 entries
  • parallakse noun (shift)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • paralakso noun (shift)

Estonian

1 entries
  • parallaks noun (shift)

Finnish

1 entries
  • parallaksi noun (shift)

French

1 entries
  • parallaxe noun (shift)

Galician

1 entries
  • paralaxe noun (shift)

German

1 entries
  • Parallaxe noun (shift)

Greek

1 entries
  • παράλλαξη noun (shift)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • paralaks noun (shift)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • parallaxis noun (shift)

Irish

1 entries
  • saobhdhiall noun (shift)

Italian

1 entries
  • parallasse noun (shift)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 視差 noun (shift)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • параллакс noun (shift)

Latvian

1 entries
  • paralakse noun (shift)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • parallax noun (shift)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • parallakse noun (shift)

Polish

1 entries
  • paralaksa noun (shift)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • paralaxe noun (shift)

Romanian

1 entries
  • paralaxă noun (shift)

Russian

1 entries
  • паралла́кс noun (shift)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • parallassi noun (shift)

Slovene

1 entries
  • paralaksa noun (shift)

Spanish

1 entries
  • paralaje noun (shift)

Tamil

1 entries
  • இடமாறுதோற்றம் noun (shift)

Turkish

1 entries
  • paralaks noun (shift)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thị sai noun (shift)

Welsh

1 entries
  • paralacs noun (shift)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Does bump mapping generate more graphics load than parallax?

Source: tatoeba (370529)

[…] Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.

Source: wiktionary

Planes farther back on the z-axis scroll more slowly than those in front of them, producing a parallax effect. Early games with parallax scrolling tended to have their action taking place all in the forefront plane […]

Source: wiktionary

The stars appeared to be in different locations through the parallax effect, meaning that the stars seemed to shift against the background since New Horizons was viewing it from a different view point. Scientists use the parallax effect to measure the distances to stars. […] “The New Horizons spacecraft is truly a mission of firsts, and this demonstration of stellar parallax is no different,” said Kenneth Hansen, New Horizons program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, in a statement.

Source: wiktionary

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