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azimuth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæzɪməθ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French *azimut (modern French azimut), from Arabic اَلسُّمُوت pl (as-sumūt, “the directions”).

Meanings

1. An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
   • the azimuth of a star
   • the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying
2. The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
   • The dome, being constructed of wood, was light by comparison with the rest of the structure, and the wheels which allowed it horizontal, or, as Swithin expressed it, azimuth motion, denied it a firm hold upon the walls; so that it had been lifted off them like a cover from a pot. 1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter II, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, pages 21–22:

Forms

Deriveds

azimuth thruster · azran · azimuthal · azimuthally · back azimuth · altazimuth · backazimuth

Relateds

zenith · nadir

Translations (33)

it azimut (arc of the horizon) · es azimut (arc of the horizon) · ms ازيموت (arc of the horizon) · fi atsimuutti (quadrant of an azimuth circle) · cs azimut (arc of the horizon) · sv azimut (arc of the horizon) · ja 方位角 (arc of the horizon) · pt azimute (arc of the horizon) · ru а́зимут (arc of the horizon) · ga asamat (arc of the horizon) · el αζιμούθιο (arc of the horizon) · la-med azimūth (arc of the horizon) · vi góc phương vị (arc of the horizon) · bg а́зимут (arc of the horizon) · hi सू (arc of the horizon) · pl azymut (quadrant of an azimuth circle) · ar سَمْت (arc of the horizon) · pl azymut (arc of the horizon) · ro azimut (arc of the horizon) · ca azimut (arc of the horizon) · fr azimut (quadrant of an azimuth circle) · cmn 方位角 (arc of the horizon) · fa سو (arc of the horizon) · hi सिम्त (arc of the horizon) · es acimut (arc of the horizon) · ru а́зимут (quadrant of an azimuth circle) · et asimuut (arc of the horizon) · fi atsimuutti (arc of the horizon) · de Azimut (arc of the horizon) · ko 방위각 (arc of the horizon) · fa سمت (arc of the horizon) · nl azimut (arc of the horizon) · fr azimut (arc of the horizon)