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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AZIMUTHAL

AZIMUTHAL Az "i *muth `al, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. Azimuthal error of a transit instrument, its deviation in azimuth from the plane of the meridian.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

azimuthal projection

az i muth al pro jec tion |ˌazəˈməTHəl ˌæzəˌməθəlprəˈɛkʃən | ▶noun a map projection in which a region of the earth is projected onto a plane tangential to the surface, typically at a pole or the equator.

 

Oxford Dictionary

azimuthal projection

azimuthal projection |ˌazɪˈmjuːθ (ə )l | ▶noun a map projection in which a region of the earth is projected on to a plane tangential to the surface, usually at a pole or the equator.