- azimuthal circle
- (astr) cerc azimutal, alidadă
English-Romanian technical dictionary. 2013.
azimuthal circle
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Azimuthal — Az i*muth al, a. Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. [1913 Webster] {Azimuthal error} of a transit instrument, its deviation in azimuth from the plane of the meridian. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Azimuthal error — Azimuthal Az i*muth al, a. Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. [1913 Webster] {Azimuthal error} of a transit instrument, its deviation in azimuth from the plane of the meridian. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Azimuthal quantum number — The azimuthal quantum number (or orbital angular momentum quantum number, second quantum number) symbolized as ℓ (lower case L) is a quantum number for an atomic orbital that determines its orbital angular momentum and describes the shape of the… … Wikipedia
azimuthal equidistant projection — noun : a map projection of the surface of the earth so centered at any given point that a straight line radiating from the center to any other point represents the shortest distance and can be measured to scale * * * Cartog. a projection in which … Useful english dictionary
azimuthal equidistant projection — Cartog. a projection in which the shortest distance between any point and a central point is a straight line, such a line representing a great circle through the central point. [1940 45] * * * … Universalium
azimuthal — adjective a) Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. b) Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points) … Wiktionary
azimuthal equidistant projection — azimuth′al equidis′tant projec′tion n. geo a cartographic projection in which the shortest distance between any point and a central point is a straight line, such a line representing a great circle through the central point • Etymology: 1940–45 … From formal English to slang
Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection — The Lambert azimuthal equal area projection is a particular mapping from a sphere to a disk. It accurately represents area in all regions of the sphere, but it does not accurately represent angles. Intuitively, it gives a planar picture of the… … Wikipedia
azimuth — azimuthal /az euh muth euhl/, adj. azimuthally, adv. /az euh meuhth/, n. 1. Astron., Navig. the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle … Universalium
Classical central-force problem — In classical mechanics, the central force problem is to determine the motion of a particle under the influence of a single central force. A central force is a force that points from the particle directly towards (or directly away from) a fixed… … Wikipedia
Map projection — A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy s Geography and using his second map projection A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other … Wikipedia
