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Surveyor's angular measure
Answer for the clue "Surveyor's angular measure ", 7 letters:
azimuth
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Word definitions for azimuth in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"distance of a star from the north or south point of the meridian," late 14c., from Old French azimut , from Arabic as-sumut "the ways," plural of as-samt "the way, direction" (see zenith ).
Usage examples of azimuth.
With her other hand, Miss Azimuth was making elaborate gestures while she talked.
But even so she had to notice how the pilgrims reacted to the sight of Miss Azimuth, how they cleared the way for her, how they stepped aside out of the trail and put their knuckles to their foreheads.
Miss Azimuth, waiting for the change, chose that moment to pull back the lid of her left eye.
But now Miss Azimuth sat down on the coverlet, and she drew Longo Starbridge by his wrist so that he turned around.
In the days following the Paradise festival, Miss Azimuth explained these things to Cassia as they sat together in the silken tent.
Toward midnight when Miss Azimuth was finished, the Cult of Loving Kindness broke its camp.
Each man knew the correct azimuth to swim to, and with two men in each team reading the lighted devices, they should be able to rendezvous somewhere near the right spot.
He checked the azimuth and corrected the boat slightly as it powered gently through the swells toward Mainland China.
Alan had met this type of azimuth or plan display before, though never one with such a degree of precision.
Wendt threw a switch and a thin, bright line appeared on the azimuth screen.
Even as they watched, both the azimuth and elevation needles crept slowly toward zero error, while range shortened to three miles.
The azimuth array was rocking from right to left like a spectator at a tennis match, while its tall, thin companion, the elevation array, was nodding up and down from earth to sky as its invisible beam searched the heavens.
Alan, who was sending the dotted line scurrying back and forth across the azimuth display.
Somewhat rudely pushing the azimuth operator aside, Corporal Hart examined the glowing images on the display tube with the utmost care.
Corporal Hart relinquished his seat to the azimuth tracker, who promptly speared the oncoming blip with her electronic pin.