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parsec
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par·sec
/ ˈpärˌsek/
(abbr.: pc)
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a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years (3.08 × 1016 meters). One parsec corresponds to the distance at which the mean radius of the earth's orbit subtends an angle of one second of arc.
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PARSEC Group Announces the Expansion of its Certified Compaq Training Center.
Business Wire; 10/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2001 PARSEC Group, Inc.: The Institute for Software Advancement joins PARSEC Group in a Partnership to More Efficiently...Compaq Training Around the Country Today, PARSEC Group, Inc. (www.parsec.com) announced...
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PointSecure Inc. and PARSEC Group Form Strategic Partnership.
Business Wire; 5/22/2001; 700+ words
; ...and compliance applications, and the PARSEC Group, a premier provider of technical...Brian Smith, senior vice president at PARSEC Group. "We are looking forward to working...will benefit from this relationship." PARSEC has been providing OpenVMS consulting...
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PARSEC Group Expands IT Training Facilities Opening Five New Regional Sites Nationwide.
Business Wire; 4/23/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 PARSEC Brings Industry-leading IT Training...Dallas, Chicago and San Jose, Calif. PARSEC Group, Inc., the world's only IT...locations, with classes beginning May 1. PARSEC's training classes include OpenVMS...
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Systems Integrators Partner with Parsec to Deliver Real-Time Performance Management and Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence Solutions.
Business Wire; 4/17/2007; 700+ words
; BREA, Calif. -- More than seventeen systems integrators joined Parsec's Global Partner Program Parsec Automation Corp. (Parsec), the developer of TrakSYS[TM], developed to enable systems integrators to address...
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Worldwide Manufacturer of Prescription Pharmaceuticals Selects Parsec to Gain Vital Plant Floor Insights and Improve Efficiencies.
Business Wire; 8/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...Visibility to Troubleshoot Root Causes BREA, Calif. -- Parsec Automation Corp. (Parsec), the leading worldwide provider of enterprise...imaging products and pharmaceuticals selected Parsec's TrakSYS[TM] to gain performance visibility...
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Parsec Introduces LEANTrak(TM): A Mobile Solution for Real-time Performance Management Designed to Help Manufacturers Improve Profitability.
PR Newswire; 12/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Parsec Automation Corp., developer of TrakSYS...says Eddy Azad, President and CEO of Parsec. "In today's competitive market...priorities for manufacturing organizations. Parsec's LEANTrak provides managers with real...
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Parsec Automation Corporation Named One of the Top 40 Emerging Software Vendors.
Business Wire; 1/9/2007; 700+ words
; BREA, Calif. -- Parsec Automation Corporation, the leading...Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine, Parsec has increased license revenue by more...said Eddy Azad, CEO and President of Parsec. "Our selection in the 2006 list is...
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PARSEC Group Launches Education Points Program; Aggressive Point System Allows Clients Both Maximum Flexibility and Extended Interest-Free Financial Terms.
Business Wire; 4/15/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002 PARSEC Group, Inc., the world's only IT...Microsoft Training and Joint Training. "PARSEC's new Education Points Program works...made over time interest-free," said PARSEC Group Executive Vice President Brian Smith...
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IVAX Diagnostics Announces CE Certification for PARSEC System; New Instrument System on Display at Upcoming Clinical Lab Expo.
Business Wire; 7/21/2005; 700+ words
; MIAMI -- First PARSEC(TM) System in U.S. Installed for...S.r.l. for the production of the PARSEC(TM) System instrument. Delta Biologicals...declarations of CE conformity when the PARSEC(TM) System instrument is marketed in...
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Global Medical Equipment Manufacturer Selects Parsec to Optimize Its Plant Business Intelligence and Further Its Competitive Edge.
Business Wire; 7/24/2007; 700+ words
; BREA, Calif. -- Parsec Automation Corp. (Parsec), the leading worldwide provider of real-time performance...largest manufacturer of clinical diagnostic instruments selected Parsec's TrakSYS[TM] for its Northeast division. The choice...
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parsec
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
parsec [ par allax + sec ond...about 19 million million mi). The distance in parsecs of an object from the earth is the reciprocal of...prime; of arc and a distance of about 1.31 parsecs.
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Parallax
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...use a distance unit called a parsec (short for parallax-second). A parsec is the distance to a star that...exactly one second of arc. One parsec is 206,265 times the distance...The distance to a star in parsecs is then simply 1 divided by...
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parallax
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...stellar measurement is the parsec ; it is the distance at which...A star's distance d in parsecs is the reciprocal of its parallax...places it at a distance of 3.3 parsecs or about 11 light-years...useful for stars within 100 parsecs. Spectroscopic parallax is...
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distance modulus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...is directly linked to the distance in parsecs, r , by the formulam - M = 5 log...distance modulus is known, the distance in parsecs can be found fromr = 10 × 1...their distance modulus, rather than in parsecs or light years.
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Stellar Magnitudes
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...revealing than apparent magnitude is absolute magnitude, the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were ten parsecs from the Earth (a parsec is a unit of distance equal to 12 trillion mi [19.3 trillion km]). This is important because apparent...
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