What is a parallax in regard to stars?

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• What is stellar parallax?
• What does the term parallax mean?
• What is the parallax formula and how is it used to calculate the distance between two stars?
• What is the parallax angle?
• What is the description for the parallax technique for measuring the distance to the stars?
• Why can't astronomers use parallax to measure distances to other galaxies?
• What is the parallax formula for astronomy? What is the unit of measurement for the formula?
• What is the accuracy of the parallax method?
• What causes the angle of a parallax to increase?
• How do astronomers use the stellar parallax to measure the distance to the stars?