— azimuthal /az'euh muth"euhl/ , adj. — azimuthally , adv.
/az"euh meuhth/ , n.
1. Astron. , Navig. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.
2. Survey. , Gunnery. the angle of horizontal deviation, measured clockwise, of a bearing from a standard direction, as from north or south.
[ 1350-1400; ME azimut as sumut the ways (i.e., directions) ]