the angular distance usually measured clockwise from the north point of the horizon to the intersection with the horizon of the vertical circle passing through a celestial body
Compare altitude (sense 3)
2. surveying
the horizontal angle of a bearing clockwise from a standard direction, such as north
Derived forms
azimuthal (ˌæzɪˈmʌθəl)
adjective
azimuthally (ˌaziˈmuthally)
adverb
Word origin
C14: from Old French azimut, from Arabic as-sumūt, plural of as-samt the path, from Latin semita path
azimuth in American English
(ˈæzəməθ)
noun
Astronomy and Surveying Etc
an angular measurement used to locate an object, star, etc.: it is measured clockwise around the horizon from the north, or south, to theobject or the intersection of the object's vertical circle with the horizon
Derived forms
azimuthal (ˌaziˈmuthal) (ˌæzəˈmūθəl)
adjective
Word origin
ME & OFr azimut < Ar as-sumūt < as < al, the + sumūt, pl. of samt, way, path
azimuth in the Oil and Gas Industry
(æzɪməθ)
Word forms: (regular plural) azimuths
noun
(Extractive engineering: Field development, Drilling)
Azimuth is the direction in which a deviated or horizontal well is drilled relative to magnetic north.
The tool uses accelerometers and magnetometers to measure the inclination and azimuth of the wellbore at that location.
Not only can the inclination of a well be changed, but also the azimuth at which it is being drilled which refers to its compass bearing relative to magneticnorth.
Azimuth is the direction in which a deviated or horizontal well is drilled relative to magneticnorth.
Examples of 'azimuth' in a sentence
azimuth
More popular than the azimuth quadrant, but I have a particular fondness for the latter.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002)
Everything from saws to cut off your gangrened limbs to azimuth quadrants for sea-folk.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002)