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azimuth

azimuth, from the Arabic as sumat, way or direction, a term used in navigation for the bearing of a celestial body. Geometrically it is the measure of the arc of the horizon that lies between the elevated pole (north in the northern hemisphere, south in the southern) and the point where the great circle passing through the celestial body cuts the horizon. Separate azimuth tables were common in the days before modern altitude-azimuth tables came into use for sight reduction for celestial navigation. Azimuth tables were also commonly used for checking magnetic compass error at sea.

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az·i·muth / ˈazəmə[unvoicedth]/ • n. the direction of a celestial object from the observer, expressed as the angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon to the point at which a vertical circle passing through the object intersects the horizon. ∎  the horizontal angle or direction of a compass bearing. DERIVATIVES: az·i·muth·al / ˌazəˈmə[unvoicedth]əl/ adj.

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azimuth Angle between the vertical plane through a celestial body and the ns direction. Astronomers measure the angle eastwards from the n point of the observer's horizon. Navigators and surveyors measure it westwards from the s point. Altitude and azimuth form an astronomical co-ordinate system for defining position.

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azimuth (symbol A) The direction to a celestial object measured in degrees, clockwise from north around the observer's horizon. Azimuth is 0 ° for an object due north, 90 ° due east, 180 ° due south, and 270 ° due west.

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azimuth , in astronomy, one coordinate in the altazimuth coordinate system . It is the angular distance of a body measured westward along the celestial horizon from the observer's south point.

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azimuth The angle made by a line on the surface of the Earth with magnetic meridian. In radar terminology, the direction at right angles to the direction of radar propagation.

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azimuth arc extending from zenith to horizon. XIV. — medL. — Arab. as-sumūt, i.e. AL-2, sumūt, pl. of samt point of the compass (see ZENITH).

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azimuth n. direction, expressed in degrees or mils of a circle computed from true or magnetic North (0° or 0 mils) and increasing in a clockwise direction.

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