Azimuth

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(Astron. & Geodesy) The quadrant of an azimuth circle. Azimuth circle one of the great circles of the sphere intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles. Azimuth compass a compass resembling the mariner's compass, but having the card divided into degrees instead of rhumbs, and having vertical sights; used for taking the magnetic azimuth of a heavenly body, in order to find, by comparison with the true azimuth, the variation of the needle. - Hutton. Azimuth dial a dial whose stile or gnomon is at right angles to the plane of the horizon. Magnetic azimuth an arc of the horizon, intercepted between the vertical circle passing through any object and the magnetic meridian. This is found by observing the object with an azimuth compass. - Hutton.

Noun

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azimuth - the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian Synonyms: AZ

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