Noun: parsec
| Singular | parsec |
| Plural | parsecs |
Sample Sentences
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Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
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Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi: Should I have?
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Han Solo: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you old man. [1977, Star Wars, spoken by Han Solo and Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi (Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness), →OCLC:]
Nouns inflected like parsec
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Contraction of parallax second.
Verbs referencing "parsec"
Dutch Nouns
parsec, Italian Nouns
parsec, German Nouns
Parsec, Finnish Nouns
parsek, Hungarian Nouns
parszek.