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parsec

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 30.10.2025

Meanings

Päikesesüsteemi-väliste objektide kauguse mõõtühik, 3,26 valgusaastat

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Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics

Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 575938 Last modified 30.10.2025
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Domain astronomy
  • pikkusühik (tähis pc), mis on võrdne kaugusega, millelt vaadates oleks Maa orbiidi nurkläbimõõt üks kaaresekund
  • distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond
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parsek
Usage examples
  • Üks parsek on 3,09 x 1016 meetrit ehk 206 265 astronoomilist ühikut ehk 3,263 valgusaastat.
parsec
Usage examples
  • An appropriate unit of length for studies of structure of the Galaxy is the parsec (pc), which is defined in terms of the astronomical unit of length (au). The unit known as the light-year is appropriate to popular expositions on astronomy and is sometimes used in scientific papers as an indicator of distance.

Engineering, Manufacturing and Construction

Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 573075 Last modified 05.06.2024
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Domain metrologyunits of measurement
  • pikkuse SI ühikutest sõltumatult määratletud ühiku nimetus
  • name of the off-system unit for length
parsek
Usage examples
  • Parsek on pikkusühik, mida kasutatakse suurte vahemaade mõõtmiseks väljaspool Päikesesüsteemi asuvate astronoomiliste objektideni, ta on ligikaudu võrdne 3,26 valgusaastaga või 206 265 astronoomilise ühikuga, s.o 30,9 triljoni kilomeetriga.
parsec
Usage examples
  • The parsec is a unit of length used to measure the large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System, approximately equal to 3.26 light-years or 206,265 astronomical units, i.e. 30,9 trillion kilometres.

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