azimuth

az·i·muth

an angular measurement used to locate an object, star, etc.: it is measured clockwise around the horizon from the north, or south, to the object or the intersection of the object's vertical circle with the horizon

Origin of azimuth

Middle English and Old French azimut from Arabic as-sum?t from as from al, the + sum?t, plural of samt, way, path

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azimuth

noun

The horizontal angular distance from a reference direction, usually the northern point of the horizon, to the point where a vertical circle through a celestial body intersects the horizon, usually measured clockwise. Sometimes the southern point is used as the reference direction, and the measurement is made clockwise through 360°.
The horizontal angle of an observer's bearing, measured clockwise from a reference direction such as true north.
The horizontal angle of a projectile's motion, measured relative to a reference direction such as true north.

Origin of azimuth

Middle English azimut from Old French from Arabic as-sumūt pl. of as-samt the way, compass bearing al- the samt way ( from Latin sēmita path ; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.)

Related Forms:

az′i·muth′al
adjective

az′i·muth′al·ly
adverb

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The position of a celestial object along an observer's horizon. Azimuth is a horizontal angle measured clockwise in degrees from a reference direction, usually the north or south point of the horizon, to the point on the horizon intersected by the object's line of altitude (a line from the observer's zenith through the object to the horizon). If north is the reference point (0°), then east has an azimuth of 90°, south is 180°, and so forth through 360°.

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Noun

(plural azimuths)

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.
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

Origin

From Old French *azimut, from Arabic السمت (as-samt, “direction”). Cognate to modern French azimut.

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azimuth - Computer Definition

The trajectory of an angle measured in degrees going clockwise from a base point. A disk azimuth alignment test checks for the correct positioning of the read/write head to the track.

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