azimuth

Meaning of azimuth

noun

the direction of a celestial object from the observer, expressed as the angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon to the point at which a vertical circle passing through the object intersects the horizon.

late Middle English (denoting the arc of a celestial circle from the zenith to the horizon): from Old French azimut, from Arabic as-samt, from al ‘the’ + samt ‘way, direction’.

Information about azimuth

It is a name.
The plural form of azimuth is: azimuths.
Languages in which azimuth is used:
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- English
- Italian

Hyphenation of azimuth

az-imuth

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
azimuth is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of azimuth

Spanish: acimut, azimut
French: azimut
Italian: azimut
Portuguese: azimute

Words that rhyme with azimuth

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