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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesazimutal
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.zi.my.tal/
"La projection azimutale est utile pour la navigation aérienne."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to or characterized by an azimuth; measured in or along an azimuth.
"The astronomers adjusted the telescope to record the precise azimuthal coordinates of the star." - 2
Designating a map projection in which a region of the globe is projected onto a plane tangent to it, preserving certain directions.
"An azimuthal equidistant projection is frequently used in polar maps and aviation charting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Arabic word 'al-sumūt', meaning 'the directions' (plural of 'samt', meaning direction or path). It entered medieval Latin and European astronomical and navigational terminology during the Renaissance, eventually developing into the modern English adjective form used in mathematics, cartography, and physics.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Azimuthal" is said worldwide
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azimutal
Transliteration: /a.zi.my.tal/
"La projection azimutale est utile pour la navigation aérienne."
azimutal
Transliteration: /a.tsi.muˈtaːl/
"Die azimutale Ausrichtung der Antenne muss exakt sein."
azimutale
Transliteration: /a.dzi.muˈta.le/
"Il sistema di coordinate azimutale è fondamentale in astronomia."
azimutal
Transliteration: /a.θi.muˈtal/
"El mapa utiliza una proyección azimutal para mostrar los polos."
azimutal
Transliteration: /a.zi.muˈtaw/
"O ângulo azimutal foi medido com precisão pelo teodolito."
दिग्ंशीय
Transliteration: diganshiya
"खगोल विज्ञान में दिग्ंशीय निर्देशांक का उपयोग किया जाता है।"
方位角的
Transliteration: fāngwèijiǎo de
"这种投影属于方位角投影。"
방위각의
Transliteration: bang-wigag-ui
"이 도법은 방위각 도법의 일종입니다."
方位角の
Transliteration: hōikaku no
"アンテナの方位角の調整が必要です。"
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