AZIMUTH
\ˈazɪmˌʌθ], \ˈazɪmˌʌθ], \ˈa_z_ɪ_m_ˌʌ_θ]\
Definitions of AZIMUTH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
By Princeton University
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the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.
By Oddity Software
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An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.
By Noah Webster.
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The arc of the horizon between the meridian of a place and a vertical circle passing through any celestial body.
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Arabic] An are of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object. Azimuth compass, a compass resembling the mariner's compass, but with a more accurate graduation of the card, and vertical sights. Magnetically azimuth, an are of the horizon, intercepted between the vertical circle passing through any object and the magnetic meridian.
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The azimuth of the sun, or of a star, is an arch between the meridian of the place and any given vertical line; magnetical azimuth, is an arch of the horizon contained between the sun's azimuth circle and the magnetical meridian; azimuth compass, is an instrument used at sea for finding the sun's magnetical azimuth.
By Thomas Sheridan
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