azimuthal
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæzəˈmuːθəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
azimuthal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
- (cartography) Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).
Derived terms
- azimuthal anisotropy
- azimuthal chart
- azimuthally
- azimuthal projection
- azimuthal quantum number
- azimuthon
- isoazimuthal
- nonazimuthal
- pseudoazimuthal
- retroazimuthal
Translations
of or pertaining to the azimuth
cartography: describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point
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Noun
azimuthal (plural azimuthals)
- (cartography) An azimuthal projection.
- 2006, King-Yuen Ng, Physics of Intensity Dependent Beam Instabilities, page 454:
- Note that because of the square-well air-bag model, these synchrotron azimuthals are slightly different from the conventional ones.