OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31026

parallax

/ˈpæɹ.əˌlæks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
paralaje
An apparent shift in the position of two stationary objects relative to each other as viewed by an observer, due to a change in observer position.
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 takin…
[…] Heliocentrick places, to which the Parallaxes being applied, give the Geocentrick.
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