Look up: azimuth

1. Azimuth
   The angle between the surface of an audio tape and the tape heads.
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2. azimuth
   [n] - the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
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3. Azimuth
   Used in aeronautics usually with respect to instruments to denote angular displacement in a horizontal plane. In astronomical navigation, azimuth is the true bearing of the star under observation from the North point on the horizon as seen by the observer.
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4. azimuth
   the angle between the magnetic gap of a tape head and the direction of travel of the tape,ideally 90 degrees Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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5. Azimuth
   The angular distance between true south and the point on the horizon directly below the sun. Typically used as an input for opaque surfaces and windows in computer programs for calculating the energy performance of buildings.
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6. Azimuth
   Az'i·muth noun [ Middle English azimut , French azimut , from Arabic as-sum...t , plural of as-samt a way, or perhaps , a point of the horizon and a circle extending to it from the zenith, as being the Arabic article:...
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7. azimuth
   <radiobiology> An angle measured clockwise relative to some reference point on a circle (for example, south or north). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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8. azimuth
   AZ noun the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
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9. Azimuth
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
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10. azimuth
    (from the article `altitude and azimuth`) in astronomy, gunnery, navigation, and other fields, two coordinates describing the position of an object above the Earth. Altitude in this sense is ... ...sight, which could be revolved in any direction and which was graduated in degrees relative to the axis of the gun bore. The gun`s position...
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11. Azimuth
    The angle between true north and the projection of a surface normal to the horizontal plane, measured clockwise from the north. As applied to a Photovoltaic array, 180 degrees azimuth means the array faces south.
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12. Azimuth
    A system that measures direction clockwise from North over 360°.
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13. Azimuth
    The angular distance between true south and the point on the horizon directly below the sun.
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14. Azimuth
    A surveying term that references the angle measured clockwise from any meridian (the established line of reference). The bearing is used to designate direction. The bearing of a line is the acute horizontal angle between the meridian and the line.
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15. azimuth
    azimuth (ăz'umuth) , in astronomy, one coordinate in the altazimuth coordinate system. It is the angular distance of a body measured westward along the celestial horizon from the observer's south point.
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16. Azimuth
    The azimuth of a heavenly body is the arc of the horizon comprehended between the meridian of the observer and a vertical circle passing through the centre of the body. The azimuth and altitude give the exact position of the body.
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17. azimuth
    In astronomy, angular distance of an object eastwards along the horizon, measured from due north, between the astronomical meridian (the vertical circle passing through the centre of the sky and the north and south points on the horizon) and the vertical circle containing the celestial body whose position is to be measured
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