Azimuth: nm (word coming from azimuth, from the Arabic az-samt “the street”).
The word “azimuth” has several meanings:
1. Astronomy: Angle formed by the vertical plane of a star and the meridian plane of the observation point.
The azimuths are measured with the theodolite (*).
Magnetic azimuth: angle formed by any horizontal line with the magnetic meridian.
Physics: Angle between the major axis of an elliptical vibration and a reference direction of the wave plane.
(*) Theodolite: ...
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