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AZIMUTH (from the Arabic)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 81 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AZIMUTH (from the Arabic) , in See also:astronomy, the angular distance from the See also:north or See also:south point of the See also:horizon to the See also:foot of the See also:vertical circle through a heavenly See also:body. In the See also:case of a See also:horizontal See also:line the azimuth is its deviation from the north or south direction.

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