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retroazimuthal

adj

Etymology

From retro- + azimuthal.

  1. derived from سموت
  2. derived from *azimut✻
  3. suffixed as azimuthal — “azimuth + al”
  4. prefixed as retroazimuthal — “retro + azimuthal”

Definitions

  1. In which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of…

    In which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B.

    • Littrow projection is the only conformal retroazimuthal projection.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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