adjective.
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
adjective.
Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).
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adjective.
of or relating to or in azimuth
Word Usage
"The globe is depicted in what geographers call the azimuthal equidistant projection, which serves the politically correct purpose of taking in all six inhabited continents."