azimuth has definitions from the field of physics
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[ noun ] (physics) the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

Synonyms

AZ

Used in print

(Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)

The measurements made with the NRL 50 - foot reflector , which is altitude azimuth mounted , would have shown a systematic change with local hour_angle in the measured intensities of Venus and Jupiter if a substantial part of the radiation had been linearly polarized .

Related terms

angle

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