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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈæzɪməθ/
• ハイフネーション: azi‧muth

名詞

azimuth (plural azimuths)

1. An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.

   the azimuth of a star

   the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying

2. The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
   • 1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter II, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, pages 21–22:

     The dome, being constructed of wood, was light by comparison with the rest of the structure, and the wheels which allowed it horizontal, or, as Swithin expressed it, azimuth motion, denied it a firm hold upon the walls; so that it had been lifted off them like a cover from a pot.

派生語

関連する語

• nadir
• zenith

Further reading

• azimuth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia