Other Uses of The Term
The term azimuth is also used in context with military artillery coordination. In artillery laying, an azimuth is defined as the direction of fire.
An azimuth in aerial navigation is defined as the direction of flight, as taken from the location of the aircraft.
In mining operations, an azimuth or meridian angle is any angle measured clockwise from any meridian or horizontal plane of reference.
For magnetic tape drives, azimuth refers to the angle between the tape head(s) and tape.
In sound localization experiments and literature, the azimuth refers to the angle the sound source makes compared to the imaginary straight line that is drawn from within the head through the area between the eyes.
An azimuth thruster in shipbuilding is a propeller that can be rotated horizontally.
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