Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 51209 6617071 2009-05-19T03:33:11Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:et:azimuth]] ==English== ===Etymology=== {{wikipedia}} From {{etyl|fro}} {{term|azimut|lang=fro}}, from {{etyl|ar}} {{term|سمت|السمت|direction|tr=as-samt|lang=ar|sc=Arab}}. Cognate to modern French {{term|azimut}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ˈæzɪməθ/}} * {{audio|en-us-azimuth.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-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. # The quadrant of an [[azimuth circle]]. ====Quotations==== * {{RQ:Hardy Tower}}, Chapter 16 *: The dome, being constructed of wood, was light by comparison with the rest of the structure, and the wheels which allowed it horizontal, or, as Swithin expressed it, '''azimuth''' motion, denied it a firm hold upon the walls; so that it had been lifted off them like a cover from a pot. ====Related terms==== * [[nadir]], [[zenith]] *: Both from or related to {{term|سمت|السمت|direction|tr=as-samt|lang=ar|sc=Arab}}. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|an arc of the horizon}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|azimut|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|azimute|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|quadrant of an azimuth circle}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[ar:azimuth]] [[et:azimuth]] [[fr:azimuth]] [[io:azimuth]] [[pl:azimuth]] [[pt:azimuth]] [[ta:azimuth]] [[te:azimuth]] [[vi:azimuth]] [[zh:azimuth]]