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azimuth

In astronomy, angular distance of an object eastwards along the horizon, measured from due north, between the astronomical meridian (the vertical circle passing through the centre of the sky and the north and south points on the horizon) and the vertical circle containing the celestial body whose position is to be measured.



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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.
On the imprecision of radar signature locations and storm path ... by Smith, Richard D. / National Weather Digest
a series of gyrotheodolites intended for speedy and self-reliant determination of verification and standard azimuths of orientation directions;
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