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Definition of Azimuthal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or in azimuth.

Definition of Azimuthal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.

Definition of Azimuthal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. ¹

2. Adjective. (cartography) Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Azimuthal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Azimuthal

1. Generally an angle, measured around an object. In spherical geometries, the angle which is not the polar angle. On the earth, one incarnation of the azimuthal angle is the longitude of a location relative to the prime meridian through Greenwich, England. In toroidal geometries, the longitude idea still applies, but the other angle is the poloidal angle, not the polar angle. The azimuthal direction is the long way around a torus. See: poloidal. (12 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Azimuthal

Literary usage of Azimuthal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Gyrostatics and Rotational Motion: Theory and Applications by Andrew Gray (1918)
"azimuthal speed very great. Li nil tiny circles nearly coincident with the ... If the azimuthal speed be very great the values of 6 and c2 in Z are also ..."

2. Practical Geodesy: Comprising Chain Surveying and the Use of Surveying by James Butler Williams (1855)
"The azimuthal bearing also of the first point from the vessel is to be taken by one or more azimuthal compasses, and the mean azimuthal angles serve to ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1861)
"On azimuthal Condensing Apparatus of Unequal Power adapted for Fixed and Revolving Lighthouses placed on Islands near the Shore. By THOMAS STEVENSON, FRSE, ..."

4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1861)
"On azimuthal Condensing Apparatus of Unequal Power adapted for Fixed and Revolving Lighthouses placed on Islands near the Shore. By THOMAS STEVENSON, FRSE, ..."

5. Lighthouse Construction and Illumination by Thomas Stevenson (1881)
"azimuthal CONDENSING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING THE LIGHT UNEQUALLY IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS EITHER CONSTANTLY OR PERIODICALLY. 1. ..."

6. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1852)
"The determination of the azimuthal variation now remains to be ascertained. ... B. 9 43-5 9 44-6 11 59 58-9 12 0 0-37 Error due to azimuthal deviation =00 ..."

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