Azimuth

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The quadrant of an azimuth circle.

II. Azimuth ·noun An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying.

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