azimuthal
/ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/adjective, noun
azimuthal is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-Z-I-M-U-T-H-A-L, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does azimuthal mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
- 2
Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).
noun
- 1
An azimuthal projection.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce azimuthal?
- US /ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/
- UK /ˌæzəˈmuːθəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-azimuthal.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of azimuthal
- azimuthals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is azimuthal?
Azimuthal appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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).
Azimuthal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to the azimuth:
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 azimuthal come from?
From azimuth + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).