azimuthal

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English

Azimuthal equidistant projection SW

Etymology

From azimuth +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæzəˈmuːθəl/

Adjective

azimuthal (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
(cartography) Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to the azimuth

Estonian: asimuut-
French: azimutal (fr)
Irish: asamatach
Italian: azimutale
Polish: azymutalny (pl)
Romanian: azimutal (ro)
Spanish: azimutal (es)

cartography: describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point

Hungarian: azimutális
Irish: asamatach
Italian: azimutale

Noun

azimuthal (plural azimuthals)

(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.

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