azimuth
azi·muth/ˈæzɪməθ/noun
azimuth is a noun meaning “An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-Z-I-M-U-T-H and has 2 syllables (azi·muth), and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of azimuth is azimuths.
What does azimuth mean?
noun
- 1
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
the azimuth of a star
- 2
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce azimuth?
- US /ˈæzɪməθ/
Azimuth has 2 syllables, split azi·muth in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-azimuth.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of azimuth
- azimuths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is azimuth?
Azimuth appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Azimuth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense arc of the horizon:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does azimuth come from?
From Old French *azimut (modern French azimut), from Arabic اَلسُّمُوت pl (as-sumūt, “the directions”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).