名詞 azimuth:

1. the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
   同義詞：AZ

az.i.muth

n.Abbr. az.（名詞）縮寫 az.
The horizontal angular distance from a reference direction, usually the northern point of the horizon, to the point where a vertical circle through a celestial body intersects the horizon, usually measured clockwise. Sometimes the southern point is used as the reference direction, and the measurement is made clockwise through 3'0=.
方位角，方位：從某一參考方向測(cè)量的地平線的角距離，通常指從地平線北端到通過(guò)天體和地平線相交的垂直的圓周上的某一點(diǎn)，一般順時(shí)針測(cè)量。有時(shí)南部的點(diǎn)作為參考方向，以3'0°為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)做順時(shí)針測(cè)量
The horizontal angle of the observer`s bearing in surveying, measured clockwise from a referent direction, as from the north, or from a referent celestial body, usually Polaris.
方位角：觀察者通過(guò)測(cè)量所具有的水平角度，從某一參考方向順時(shí)針測(cè)量，如從北部或從參考天體處，通常從北極星
The lateral deviation of a projectile or bomb.
炸彈或射彈的側(cè)位偏差

來(lái)源：
Middle English azimut
中古英語(yǔ) azimut
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Arabic as-sumôt [pl. of] as-samt [the way, compass bearing]
源自 阿拉伯語(yǔ) as-sumôt [] as-samt的復(fù)數(shù) [路，羅盤軸承]
from Latin sômita [path]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) sômita [小路]

【引伸】
az.imuth.al
az.imuth.ally
adv.（副詞）