名詞 azimuth:

1. the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
   同義詞：AZ

az.i.muth

n.Abbr. az.（名詞）縮寫 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：從某一參考方向測(cè)量的地平線的角距離，通常指從地平線北端到通過天體和地平線相交的垂直的圓周上的某一點(diǎn)，一般順時(shí)針測(cè)量。有時(shí)南部的點(diǎn)作為參考方向，以3'0°為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)做順時(shí)針測(cè)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：觀察者通過測(cè)量所具有的水平角度，從某一參考方向順時(shí)針測(cè)量，如從北部或從參考天體處，通常從北極星
The lateral deviation of a projectile or bomb.
炸彈或射彈的側(cè)位偏差

來源：
Middle English azimut
中古英語 azimut
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Arabic as-sumôt [pl. of] as-samt [the way, compass bearing]
源自 阿拉伯語 as-sumôt [] as-samt的復(fù)數(shù) [路，羅盤軸承]
from Latin sômita [path]
源自 拉丁語 sômita [小路]

【引伸】
az.imuth.al
az.imuth.ally
adv.（副詞）