Look up: altazimuth


  1. altazimuth
    [n] - an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies
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  2. Altazimuth
    A mounting for a telescope or camera that has two, mutually perpendicular axes of rotation - one horizontal, the other vertical. This permits the telescope or camera to be slewed vertically and horizontally. A camera tripod is an example of an altazimuth mount
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  3. Altazimuth
    Alt·az'i·muth noun [ All tude + azimuth .] (Astron.) An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/63

  4. altazimuth
    <astronomy> An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously. ... Origin: Alltude + azimuth. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?altazimuth

  5. altazimuth
    noun an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=altazimuth

  6. Altazimuth
    • (n.) An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/altazimuth/

  7. Altazimuth
    An altazimuth or universal transit instrument, is an astronomical instrument similar to a theodolite, having a telescope so mounted on a graduated vertical circle that it can be turned round in a plane perpendicular to the horizon, while it is also mounted so that is can also be turned horizontally ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GA.HTM

  8. altazimuth
    1) Measuring device 2) Measuring instrument 3) Measuring system
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/altazimuth/1

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