azimuth
/az-uh-muhth/US // ˈæz ə məθ //UK // (ˈæzɪməθ) //
仰角,方位角,仰角角度,纬度
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Astronomy, Navigation. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
- : Surveying, Gunnery. the angle of horizontal deviation, measured clockwise, of a bearing from a standard direction, as from north or south.
Examples
Variables like weather, azimuth, elevation, crude launchers, and rocket viability quickly add up.
One Kelvin standard compass, with azimuth mirror on compass platform.
Webb at once proceeded to take full magnetic declination, time and azimuth observations, Laseron recording for him.
The angle which this line makes with a line pointing due south is called the sun's azimuth.
The Azimuth of a star is the angle between the meridian and the vertical circle passing through the star.
The direction EP gives the azimuth of the wave-path, or its direction along the surface of the earth.
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