parsec

Meaning of parsec

noun

a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.26 light years (3.086 × 10¹³ kilometres). One parsec corresponds to the distance at which the mean radius of the earth's orbit subtends an angle of one second of arc.

early 20th century: blend of parallax and second².

Information about parsec

It is a name.
The plural form of parsec is: parsecs.
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Hyphenation of parsec

par-sec

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
parsec is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

parsec synonyms

Meaning secpar:

secpar

Translation of parsec

Spanish: parsec, pársec
French: parsec
Italian: parsec

Anagrams of parsec

capers, Casper, casper, crapes, escarp, pacers, praesc, recaps, scarpe, scrape, secpar, spacer

Words that rhyme with parsec

dekaparsec, kiloparsec, megaparsec

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