azimuthal

adj
/ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/US/ˌæzəˈmuːθəl/UK

Etymology

From azimuth + -al.

  1. derived from سموت
  2. derived from *azimut
  3. suffixed as azimuthal — “azimuth + al

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the azimuth

    Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.

  2. Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a…

    Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).

  3. An azimuthal projection.

    • Note that because of the square-well air-bag model, these synchrotron azimuthals are slightly different from the conventional ones.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for azimuthal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA