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AZIMUTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does azimuth mean?
• AZIMUTH (noun)
The noun AZIMUTH has 1 sense:
1. the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
Familiarity information: AZIMUTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
AZ; azimuth
Hypernyms ("azimuth" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
Derivation:
azimuthal (of or relating to or in azimuth)
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