Physics GCSE
parallax error
What parallax error means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of parallax error
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Reference: AQA
Reading the position of the bottom of the spring at eye level avoids this error when the millimetre rule is held vertically alongside.
Topics that use parallax error
- Forces and elasticity (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- direct proportionality
- elastic deformation
- Elastic limit
- Elastic potential energy
- extension
- extension and compression
- force-extension graph
- inelastic deformation
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