Etymology

subparsec

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Today it means: Describing astronomical distances that are less than a parsec. Full definition →

English parsec ← Latin sub-
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  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishparsec
  5. English todaysubparsec

From sub- + parsec.

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