azimuthal

azimuthal

English

Azimuthal equidistant projection SW

Etymology

azimuth +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/

Adjective

azimuthal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
2. (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
• isoazimuthal
• nonazimuthal
• pseudoazimuthal
• retroazimuthal

 

Translations

Of or pertaining to the azimuth

Estonian: asimuut- French: azimutal (fr) Italian: azimutale

Romanian: azimutal (ro) Spanish: azimutal (es), acimutal (es)

A map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point

Italian: azimutale

Noun

azimuthal (plural azimuthals)

1. (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.