azimuth

n. 方位, 方位角

副词:azimuthally 形容词:azimuthal 

az.i.muth

n.Abbr. az.（名词）缩写 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：从某一参考方向测量的地平线的角距离，通常指从地平线北端到通过天体和地平线相交的垂直的圆周上的某一点，一般顺时针测量。有时南部的点作为参考方向，以3'0°为标准做顺时针测量
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：观察者通过测量所具有的水平角度，从某一参考方向顺时针测量，如从北部或从参考天体处，通常从北极星
The lateral deviation of a projectile or bomb.
炸弹或射弹的侧位偏差

来源：
Middle English azimut
中古英语 azimut
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Arabic as-sumôt [pl. of] as-samt [the way, compass bearing]
源自 阿拉伯语 as-sumôt [] as-samt的复数 [路，罗盘轴承]
from Latin sômita [path]
源自 拉丁语 sômita [小路]

【引伸】
az.imuth.al

az.imuth.ally
adv.（副词）