Get to know Azimuth better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like angle.
Azimuth meaning
- An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
- The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Synonyms of Azimuth
Using Azimuth
- The main meaning on this page is: An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object. | The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
- Useful related words include: az, angle.
- In the example corpus, azimuth often appears in combinations such as: the azimuth, azimuth and, azimuth is.
Context around Azimuth
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Azimuth
- In this selection, "azimuth" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stone, sunrise, alt, angle, mount and organics stand out and add context to how "azimuth" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an azimuth thruster in and and the azimuth reference and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "azimuth" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with azimuth
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also shows distance and azimuth in a table. (8 words)
Dobsonian mounts are a specialized type of alt-azimuth mount. (10 words)
The drill holes are all vertical, (dip -90, azimuth 0 degrees). (11 words)
A magnetic card compass is usually equipped with an optical, lensatic, or prismatic sight, which allows the user to read the bearing or azimuth off the compass card while simultaneously aligning the compass with the objective (see photo). (38 words)
Additionally a compass can only measure the azimuth to a precision of a half a degree. citation A theodolite can be considerably more accurate if used correctly, but it is also considerably more difficult to use correctly. (37 words)
Even with these restrictions, if θ is zero or 180° (elevation is 90° or −90°) then the azimuth angle is arbitrary; and if r is zero, both azimuth and inclination/elevation are arbitrary. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aveni 1997:65-66 The Heel Stone azimuth is one-seventh of circumference, matching the latitude of Avebury, while summer solstice sunrise azimuth is no longer equal to the construction era direction.
Even with these restrictions, if θ is zero or 180° (elevation is 90° or −90°) then the azimuth angle is arbitrary; and if r is zero, both azimuth and inclination/elevation are arbitrary.
One can determine whether altitude is increasing or decreasing by instead considering the azimuth of the celestial object: *if the azimuth is between 0° and 180° (north–east–south), it is rising.
Dobsonian mounts are a specialized type of alt-azimuth mount.
The drill holes are all vertical, (dip -90, azimuth 0 degrees).
Furthermore, they could not determine altitude because the radar beams produced by these systems are several degrees wide in azimuth and tens of degrees wide in elevation.
In order to avoid inviting enemy fire, some precision had to be sacrificed in setting up the key azimuth of the microphone array.
The comet rises at 4 a.m. from 40° azimuth and moves eastward to 50° by sunrise.
From 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Tim Peregoy of Azimuth Organics will be the featured chef at the Lewisburg Farmer’s Market Café.
Johnston referred to laws of trigonometry and something called “the azimuth angle” to conclude that a bullet was fired upwards from the basement.
Additionally a compass can only measure the azimuth to a precision of a half a degree. citation A theodolite can be considerably more accurate if used correctly, but it is also considerably more difficult to use correctly.
Also shows distance and azimuth in a table.
A magnetic card compass is usually equipped with an optical, lensatic, or prismatic sight, which allows the user to read the bearing or azimuth off the compass card while simultaneously aligning the compass with the objective (see photo).
An azimuth thruster in shipbuilding is a propeller that can be rotated horizontally.
Any component of target velocity perpendicular to the line of sight cannot be determined by using the Doppler effect alone, but it can be determined by tracking the target's azimuth over time.
A phased array may be used to point a fixed radiation pattern, or to scan rapidly in azimuth or elevation.
Definition To define a spherical coordinate system, one must choose two orthogonal directions, the zenith and the azimuth reference, and an origin point in space.
Each launcher is trainable in azimuth and elevates to a fixed, elevated launch position.
Equatorial ←→ horizontal Note that Azimuth (A) is measured from the South point, turning positive to the West.
Etymology of the word The word azimuth is in all European languages today.
Common combinations with azimuth
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the azimuth 12×
- azimuth and 8×
- azimuth is 7×
- and azimuth 7×
- azimuth of 6×
- in azimuth 4×
- or azimuth 3×
- azimuth angle 2×
- both azimuth 2×
- azimuth to 2×