This time of year, with the sun setting as quick as it is, we have to adjust the azimuth angle of our roof-top instruments daily so they remain in line with the sun and continue to collect accurate data.
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Azimuth
//ˈæzɪməθ//
Synonyms for "azimuth" (72 found)
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32 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَمْت noun (arc of the horizon)
Bulgarian
1 entries- а́зимут noun (arc of the horizon)
Catalan
1 entries- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 方位角 noun (arc of the horizon)
Czech
1 entries- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Dutch
1 entries- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Estonian
1 entries- asimuut noun (arc of the horizon)
Finnish
2 entries- atsimuutti noun (arc of the horizon)
- atsimuutti noun (quadrant of an azimuth circle)
French
2 entries- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
- azimut noun (quadrant of an azimuth circle)
German
1 entries- Azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Greek
1 entries- αζιμούθιο noun (arc of the horizon)
Hindi
2 entries- सिम्त noun (arc of the horizon)
- सू noun (arc of the horizon)
Irish
1 entries- asamat noun (arc of the horizon)
Italian
1 entries- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Japanese
1 entries- 方位角 noun (arc of the horizon)
Korean
1 entries- 방위각 noun (arc of the horizon)
Malay
1 entries- ازيموت noun (arc of the horizon)
Persian
2 entries- سمت noun (arc of the horizon)
- سو noun (arc of the horizon)
Polish
2 entries- azymut noun (arc of the horizon)
- azymut noun (quadrant of an azimuth circle)
Portuguese
1 entries- azimute noun (arc of the horizon)
Romanian
1 entries- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Russian
2 entries- а́зимут noun (arc of the horizon)
- а́зимут noun (quadrant of an azimuth circle)
Spanish
2 entries- acimut noun (arc of the horizon)
- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Swedish
1 entries- azimut noun (arc of the horizon)
Vietnamese
1 entries- góc phương vị noun (arc of the horizon)
Sample sentences
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When you are using an "altazimuth" telescope mount, the altitude is measured vertically from the ground at 0 degrees to the zenith straight overhead at 90 degrees, and the azimuth is measured horizontally, where 0 degrees points due north, 90 degrees is east, 180 degrees is south, and 270 degrees is west.
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The navigator calculated the azimuth of the sun to determine their position at sea.
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Astronomers use azimuth and altitude to describe the location of a star in the sky.
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