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azimuth
English
Etymology
From Old French *azimut (modern French azimut), from Arabic ??????????? pl (as-sum?t, “the directions”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æz?m??/
- Hyphenation: azi?muth
Noun
azimuth (plural azimuths)
- An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
- The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Derived terms
- altazimuth
- azimuthal
- azimuthally
- backazimuth / back azimuth
Related terms
- nadir
- zenith
Translations
Further reading
- azimuth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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zenith
English
Etymology
From Middle English cenyth, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic ?????? (samt, “direction, path”), from the fuller form ????? ?????????? (samt ar-ra?s, “direction of the head”). The -ni- for -m- is sometimes thought to be due to a misreading of the three strokes, which is plausible, though it could be a mere phonetic approximation.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /?z?n.??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?zi.n??/
Noun
zenith (plural zeniths)
- (astronomy) The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
- Antonyms: nadir, perigee
- 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- 1671–1693: Rev. Thomas Jolly, private notebook; printed in: 1895, Henry Fishwick (editor), The Note Book of the Rev. Thomas Jolly: A.D. 1671–1693. Extracts from the Church Books of Altham and Wymondhouses, 1649–1725. And an Account of the Jolly Family of Standish, Gorton, and Altham, page 44
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XI, p. 180, [1]
- (astronomy) The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter II:
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- (by extension) Highest point or state; peak.
- Synonyms: acme, apogee, culmination, pinnacle
Antonyms
- antizenith
Derived terms
Related terms
- azimuth, nadir
Translations
Further reading
- zenith on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Heintz, Hintze
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