azimuth

English

Etymology

Wikipedia

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæzɪməθ/

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Noun

azimuth (plural azimuths)

1. 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.
2. The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

Quotations

• 1882, Thomas Hardy, Two on a Tower, Chapter 16

  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.

Derived terms

• azimuthal
• azimuthally

Related terms

• nadir, zenith

  Both from or related to السمت (as-samt, “direction”).

Translations

an arc of the horizon

• Arabic: سمت (ar) (samt) m
• Bulgarian: азимут (bg) (ázimut) m
• Catalan: azimut (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 方位角 (cmn) (fāngwèijiǎo)

• Czech: azimut (cs) m
• French: azimut (fr) m
• German: Azimut (de) m and n

• Italian: azimut (it)
• Japanese: 方位角 (ja) (ほういかく, hōikaku)
• Korean: 방위각 (ko) (bangwigak) (方位角 (ko))
• Portuguese: azimute (pt) m
• Russian: азимут (ru) (ázimut) m
• Spanish: azimut (es) m, acimut (es) m
• Vietnamese: góc phương vị (vi) (角方位 (vi))

quadrant of an azimuth circle

• French: azimut (fr) m

• Russian: азимут (ru) (ázimut) m