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Definition: Azimuth |
AzimuthNoun1. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "azimuth" was first used: 14th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | 1. Horizontal direction or bearing. Compare azimuth angle. 2. In navigation, the horizontal direction of a celestial point from a terrestrial point, expressed as the angular distance from a reference direction, usually measured from 0° at the reference direction clockwise through 360°. An azimuth is often designated as true, magnetic, compass, grid, or relative as the reference direction is true, magnetic, compass, grid north, or heading, respectively. Unless otherwise specified, the term is generally understood to apply to true azimuth, which may be further defined as the arc of the horizon, or the angle at the zenith, between the north part of the celestial meridian or principal vertical circle and a vertical circle, measured from 0° at the north part of the principal vertical circle clockwise through 360°. 3. In astronomy, the direction of a celestial point from a terrestrial point measured clockwise from the north or the south point of the meridian plane. See horizon system. 4. In surveying, the horizontal direction of an object measured clockwise from the south point of the meridian plane.In surveying, an azimuth of a celestial body is called an astronomic azimuth. (references) |
Energy | The angle between true south and the point on the horizon directly below the sun. (Solar). (references) |
Geological | Azimuth is the angle of horizontal deviation, measured clockwise, of a bearing from a standard direction. (references) |
Mining | Direction of a horizontal line as measured on an imaginary horizontal circle, the horizontal direction reckoned clockwise from the meridian plane of the observer, expressed as the angular distance between the vertical plane passing through the point of observation and the poles of the Earth and the vertical plane passing through the observer and the object under observation. In the basic control surveys of the United States, azimuths are measured clockwise from south, a practice notfollowed in all countries. CF:bearing. (references) |
Science | The direction, in degrees referenced to true north, that an antenna must be pointed to receive a satellite signal (compass direction). The angular distance is measured in a clockwise direction. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Azimuth is the direction, in degrees, referenced to true north.In celestial navigation, the position of a celestial body is described by its azimuth and elevation above the horizon. In radio astronomy azimuth refers to the position that an antenna must be pointed to receive a satellite signal (compass direction). In aviation azimuth is used to determine headings or the direction in which to fly. The angular distance is measured in a clockwise direction.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Azimuth."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| AZ | English | Azimuth | Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: AzimuthSynonym: AZ (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Direction | Point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE; rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation. |
Horizontality | Recumbency, lying down; Verb: reclination, decumbence; decumbency, discumbency; proneness; Adjective: accubation, supination, resupination, prostration; azimuth. |
Measurement | Coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates,coordinates, ordinate and abscissa, polar coordinates, latitude and longitude, declination and right ascension, altitude and azimuth. |
Verticality | Noun: verticality; erectness; Adjective: perpendicularity; a; right angle, normal; azimuth circle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | Microwave navigation instrument on east side of Penobscot Bay Geodetic target and total station azimuth and distance instrument Conducting geodetic operations to determine microwave navigation site Party off of PEIRCE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Duplex measures, carrying the rear bar ahead After making contact, the rear bar was moved to the forward position It was then realigned horizontally, vertically, and for azimuth on the base line Fig. No. 9, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 244. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | First day on the trail up Station Azimuth Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Vernon Burns at twilight - determining initial azimuth Astro party of Lt.(j.g.) Albert Theberge. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Vern Burns determining rough azimuth prior to Wild T-4 setup Astro party of Albert E. Theberge. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Station Pen in Washington Triangulation party of O. B. French - occupied by J. S. Hill Instrument was mounted on tree trunk Instrument remained steady in azimuth but unsteady in level. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Diagrams of objects used to establish azimuth for orienting artillery From captured German geodetic control book for St. Nazaire. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Herb Meyers observing sun azimuth for position information. Minnesota Camp to Byrd Station Traverse. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle of splash in sea-target practice, Fort Story, Va. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Azimuth the Cat" by Pascal Buckley Commentary: "My Maine Coon Cat on flagstones, 6 years old. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Azimuth" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Azimuth" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "azimuth": altitude and azimuth ♦ astronomic azimuth ♦ azimuth angle ♦ azimuth circle ♦ Azimuth compass ♦ Azimuth dial ♦ azimuth guidance ♦ azimuth resolution ♦ azimuth ring ♦ azimuth tables ♦ Magnetic azimuth. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "azimuth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | asimut. (various references) | |
Albanian | azimut. (various references) | |
Arabic | زاوية السمت, السمت (way). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | азимутен, азимут. (various references) | |
Chinese | 方位角 (Azimuthal). (various references) | |
Czech | azimut. (various references) | |
Danish | azimuttabeller (azimuth tables), azimutcirkel (altazimuth, azimuth circle), azimutalcirkel (azimuth circle, graduated circle, protractor), astronomisk azimut (astronomic azimuth), altazimut (altazimuth, azimuth circle), Laplace azimut (Laplace azimuth), geodætisk azimut (geodetic azimuth). (various references) | |
Dutch | azimut. (various references) | |
Esperanto | azimuto. (various references) | |
Farsi | نقطه جنوب , نقطه شمال , قوس افقی درجهت گردش عقربه ساعت , سمت (Face, Job, Position, Set, Side, Title), السمت , ازیموت ستاره , دایره قاءمی که ازمرکزجسم عبورمیکند. (various references) | |
Finnish | atsimuuttiympyrä (azimuth circle, graduated circle, protractor), tähtitieteellinen suuntakulma (astronomic azimuth), Laplace-atsimuutti (Laplace azimuth), geodeettinen atsimuutti (geodetic azimuth). (various references) | |
French | azimut. (various references) | |
German | azimut. (various references) | |
Greek | αζιμούθιο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אזימוט. (various references) | |
Hungarian | azimut (azimuth angle). (various references) | |
Indonesian | azimut, ukuran sudut. (various references) | |
Italian | azimut. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 方位角 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほういかく. (various references) | |
Korean | 방위각. (various references) | |
Manx | assamad. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | azimuthay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | azimute (bearings). (various references) | |
Russian | азимут (bearing). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | azimutni, azimut (bearing). (various references) | |
Spanish | azimut. (various references) | |
Swedish | azimut (asimut). (various references) | |
Turkish | azimut, güney açısı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | азимут (bearings). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | góc phương vị. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | as-sumut. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "azimuth": azimuthal, azimuthally, azimuths. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "azimuth": altazimuth. (additional references) | |
Words containing "azimuth": altazimuths. (additional references) | |
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"Azimuth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aizmuth, akimoto, Asenoth, asimuth, aximuth, Azimi, azimouth, azimut, azimute, azinuth, azmat, azmuth, Kazimah, Wasmuth. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "azimuth" (pronounced 'Az"i*muth'): Altazimuth, bismuth, Vermuth. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-t-u-z" | |
-3 letters: haut, math, maut. | |
-4 letters: aim, ait, ami, amu, ham, hat, him, hit, hum, hut, mat, mut, tam, tau, tui, uta, zit. | |
-5 letters: ah, ai, am, at, ha, hi, hm, it, ma, mi, mu, ta, ti, uh, um, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: azimuths, halutzim. | |
+2 letters: azimuthal, chalutzim, rheumatiz. | |
+3 letters: altazimuth. | |
+4 letters: altazimuths, azimuthally, rheumatizes, rhizomatous. | |
+5 letters: humanization. | |
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