A word borrowed from the Arabic. The complement of the amplitude, or an arc between the meridian of a place and any given vertical line.
·noun The quadrant of an azimuth circle. II. Azimuth ·noun An arc of the horizon intercepted betwee...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
See vertical circles. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A superior graduated compass for ascertaining the amount of magnetic variation, by amplitude or azim...
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the azimuth circle of a celestial object and the magnetic ...