How to Use azimuth in a Sentence

azimuth

noun
  • Sensing the azimuth tells the bird where to head, just like a compass.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2012
  • To the south, near the equator and the sun’s azimuth, low-pressure zones create frequent storms.
    — Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The azimuth adjusts with a single grub screw near the gimbal, enabling rotation of the armtube.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • What is the azimuth of the sun during the total solar eclipse in Indianapolis?
    — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
  • On June 21, the sun sets at an azimuth of 302 degrees or 32 degrees north of due west.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 May 2026
  • The heading to the smoke is called an azimuth, the horizontal angle or direction of a compass bearing.
    — Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2022
  • When ice is particularly thick, the vessel can turn around and use its huge azimuth thrusters — a versatile type of propeller — to chew a path through the ice.
    — Washington Post, 20 July 2017
  • But between the first day of spring and the first day of autumn, the position on the horizon where the sun appears to set (known as the azimuth) occurs somewhat north of due west.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 May 2026
  • The onboard steam turbine, for instance, will be connected to a generator that charges the batteries to provide power to the azimuth thrusters.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But for the setting sun to be seen from all of Manhattan's cross streets, its azimuth must be 300 degrees or 30 degrees north of due west.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 May 2026
  • The images and damage were then cross-referenced to earlier satellite images taken from the same look angle and azimuth for confirmation.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The first few seconds of flights to geostationary orbit start with the rocket at an azimuth of 90 degrees, but this one required a 70-degree azimuth.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The interference caused by Gorshkov’s radar can identify the radar azimuth and even individual radar pulses.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The go-anywhere vessel is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system comprising an electric motor, four diesel generators, two azimuth thrusters and the requisite battery packs.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The large yellow underwing moth, for instance, can use the moon’s azimuth (or horizontal bearing) to help orient its flight—a skill that other creatures, such as sand fleas, also employ to great effect.
    — National Geographic, 6 July 2017
  • This is a tricky shot because the azimuth (cardinal direction) of the sunrise changes every day, and getting the right alignment between the two mountains and our much more distant star on the horizon took exacting timing.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2023
  • On the performance side, Coba is designed to have diesel-electric hybrid propulsion, equipped with azimuth pods for easy maneuverability and noise insulation.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t worry about choosing between alt-azimuth (Alt-Az) and equatorial (EQ) mounts; since the moon is easy to find and track, the simplest manual mount will work well for eclipse viewing.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The rocket’s inertial guidance system would be aligned using a Loran installation on the shore after which point its own self-aligning stable platform keeps the azimuth and vertical directions stable.
    — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2017
  • For anyone using the Apple Pencil on compatible devices, hover now has support for tilt (altitude) and orientation (azimuth).
    — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The turntable is fitted with a Naim Aro Tonearm with a performance that’s been boosted by using improved materials like tungsten and carbon fiber with an all-new, no-compromise bias, arm height and azimuth adjustments.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Unistellar plans to have over 1 million terrestrial points of interest added to its database, with Envision including real-time altitude, distance and azimuth data into the display.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This entry-level 70mm achromatic refractor features a simple alt-azimuth mount and provides excellent views of not only Jupiter, its distinctive pink cloud bands and its four moons, but also Saturn’s rings and the moon’s craters.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025
  • As well as reporting the azimuth (horizontal angle), elevation, and range of an object like a lidar does, radars can also detect its relative velocity, because the frequency of returning signals are Doppler-shifted.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), the new Polarstern will be equipped with two 160 PULL ARC LM azimuth propulsion systems, commonly known as rotating propeller nacelles.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025

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