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azimuth
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azimuth (ăz`əməth), in astronomy, one coordinate in the altazimuth coordinate system altazimuth coordinate system (ăltăz`əməth) or horizon coordinate system,
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. It is the angular distance of a body measured westward along the celestial horizon from the observer's south point.

The trajectory of an angle measured in degrees going clockwise from a base point. A disk azimuth alignment test checks for the correct positioning of the read/write head to the track.


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Since the velocity signature of a circulation would be detected between two adjacent radar azimuths, depending on where the circulation happens to fall relative to the radar beams, this will lead to uncertainty on the location of the circulation of up to one-half of the beam diameter based solely on this sampling.
a series of gyrotheodolites intended for speedy and self-reliant determination of verification and standard azimuths of orientation directions;
The S2 plots the last 30 days of historical POOs and points of impact (POIs) with back azimuths.
 
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