azimuth

• Substantiv, das den horizontalen Winkel zwischen einer Bezugsrichtung (meist Norden) und der vertikalen Ebene durch einen Himmelskörper oder ein Objekt angibt.

A noun referring to the angular measurement of a celestial body's position relative to the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.

1. Angular measurement in astronomyC2formalscientific

   The angle between the vertical plane containing a celestial body and the plane of the meridian, measured horizontally from north or south.

   Winkelmessung in der Astronomie

   • The astronomer calculated the azimuth of the star to determine its position.
   • Navigators use azimuth to plot the course of a ship.
   • The azimuth reading was taken from the north point.

   Synonymebearing