azimuth
noun
1 azimuth
The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
synonym: AZ.
Roget 213:
horizontality†;
flatness;
level,
plane;
stratum
etc.
204;
dead level,
dead flat;
level plane.
recumbency,
lying down
etc.
v.;
reclination†,
decumbence†;
decumbency†,
discumbency†;
proneness
etc.
adj.;
accubation†,
supination†,
resupination†,
prostration;
azimuth.
plain,
floor,
platform,
bowling green;
cricket ground;
croquet ground,
croquet lawn;
billiard table;
terrace,
estrade†,
esplanade,
parterre.
[flat land area]
table land,
plateau,
ledge;
butte;
mesa
(plain)
344.
[instrument to measure horizontality]
level,
spirit level.
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Roget 278:
direction,
bearing,
course,
vector;
set,
drift,
tenor;
tendency
etc.
176;
incidence;
bending,
trending
etc.
v.;
dip,
tack,
aim,
collimation;
steering steerage.
point of the compass,
cardinal points;
North East,
South,
West;
N by E,
ENE,
NE by N,
NE,
&c.;
rhumb†,
azimuth,
line of collimation.
line,
path,
road,
range,
quarter,
line of march;
alignment,
allignment†;
air line,
beeline;
straight shoot.
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Dutch: azimut
Polish: azymut
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