Azimuth Synonyms

ăzə-məth
The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. az

Words Related to Azimuth

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. altazimuth coordinate system
  2. declination
  3. 10deg
  4. 15deg
  5. 180deg
  6. right-ascension
  7. 30deg
  8. azimuthal
  9. 90deg
  10. 180o
  11. 270deg
  12. ecliptic
  13. 5deg

Azimuth Sentence Examples

  • In the case of a horizontal line the azimuth is its deviation from the north or south direction.

  • Let r be the distance of a point P from a fixed origin 0, 0 the angle which OP makes with a fixed direction OZ, il the azimuth of the plane ZOP relative to some fixed plane through OZ.

  • This angle is called the Longitude, Right Ascension or Azimuth of the body, in the various systems of co-ordinates.

  • In fact the modern equatorial, and the altitude and azimuth circle are astrolabes in the strictest and oldest meaning of the term; and Tycho in one of his astrolabes came so near the modern equatorial that it may be taken as the first of the kind.

  • Hence if the readings of the verniers on the azimuth circle are made when the transit is observed we can deduce the reading corresponding to the geographical meridian.

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