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Meaning of azimuth in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈæzəməθ/

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  1. Noun

    azimuth

    Etymology

    late Middle English (denoting the arc of a celestial circle from the zenith to the horizon): from Old French azimut, from Arabic as-samt, from al‘the’ + samt‘way, direction’

    Definitions

    1. the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

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  • « Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them. »
    Michel de Montaigne

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