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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024az•i•muth /ˈæzəməθ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Astronomy, Nautical, Naval Termsan angle or arc used to measure direction and distance in astronomy, navigation, surveying, gunnery, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024az•i•muth (az′ə məth),USA pronunciation n. - Astronomy, Nautical, Naval Termsthe arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- Surveyingthe angle of horizontal deviation, measured clockwise, of a bearing from a standard direction, as from north or south.
- Middle French Arabic as sumūt the ways (i.e., directions)
- 1350–1400; Middle English azimut
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: azimuth /ˈæzɪməθ/ n - 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
- the horizontal angle of a bearing clockwise from a standard direction, such as north
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French azimut, from Arabic as-sumūt, plural of as-samt the path, from Latin semita pathazimuthal /ˌæzɪˈmʌθəl/ adj |