Usually means: Unit of distance in astronomy.
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noun:  (astronomy, metrology) Short for parallax second. [A unit of length, used in astronomy, defined as the distance from the Earth of an object that exhibits a parallax of 1 arcsecond. It is approximately equal to 3.08568025 × 10¹³ kilometers or 3.2616 light years.]
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