noun. The horizontal angular distance from a reference direction, usually the northern point of the horizon, to the point where a vertical circle through a celestial body intersects the horizon, usually measured clockwise. Sometimes the southern point is used as the reference direction, and the measurement is made clockwise through 360°.

noun. The horizontal angle of the observer's bearing in surveying, measured clockwise from a referent direction, as from the north, or from a referent celestial body, usually Polaris.

noun. The lateral deviation of a projectile or bomb.

noun. In astronomy, an arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of a place and the vertical circle passing through the center of a celestial object. The azimuth and altitude of a star give its exact position in the sky.

noun. The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

noun. An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object

noun. one of the great circles of the sphere intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles.

noun. undefined

noun. 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.

noun. a dial whose stile or gnomon is at right angles to the plane of the horizon.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

noun. the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

"That it has been hijacked by sub-culture radio pundits with no azimuth is now more than just a saying, it is a fact."

altitude and azimuth circle  azimuth compass  azimuth dial  magnetic azimuth  

vertical circle  

nadir  zenith  

azimuthal  azimuthally  

angle  

actuators  alignment  altitude  amplitude  calibration  

Cartesian coordinates  abscissa  aim  altitude  aspect