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An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the azimuth of a star
- the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: AZ
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angle
From Old French *azimut (modern French azimut), from Arabic اَلسُّمُوت pl (as-sumūt, “the directions”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سَمْت
(samt)
— arc of the horizon
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Bulgarian:
а́зимут
(ázimut)
— arc of the horizon
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Catalan:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Chinese Mandarin:
方位角
(fāngwèijiǎo)
— arc of the horizon
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Czech:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Dutch:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Estonian:
asimuut
— arc of the horizon
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Finnish:
atsimuutti
— arc of the horizon
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French:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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German:
Azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Greek:
αζιμούθιο
(azimoúthio)
— arc of the horizon
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Hindi:
सिम्त
(simt)
— arc of the horizon
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Hindi:
सू
(sū)
— arc of the horizon
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Irish:
asamat
— arc of the horizon
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Italian:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Japanese:
方位角
(hōikaku)
— arc of the horizon
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Korean:
방위각
(bang'wigak)
— arc of the horizon
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Malay:
ازيموت
(azimut)
— arc of the horizon
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Medieval Latin:
azimūth
— arc of the horizon
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Persian:
سمت
(samt)
— arc of the horizon
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Persian:
سو
(su)
— arc of the horizon
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Polish:
azymut
— arc of the horizon
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Portuguese:
azimute
— arc of the horizon
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Romanian:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Russian:
а́зимут
(ázimut)
— arc of the horizon
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Spanish:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Spanish:
acimut
— arc of the horizon
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Swedish:
azimut
— arc of the horizon
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Vietnamese:
góc phương vị
— arc of the horizon
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Finnish:
atsimuutti
— quadrant of an azimuth circle
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French:
azimut
— quadrant of an azimuth circle
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Polish:
azymut
— quadrant of an azimuth circle
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Russian:
а́зимут
(ázimut)
— quadrant of an azimuth circle