Azimuth
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From the Arabic, "al-samt" meaning the way, the direction or the arc. A horizontal angle of direction calculated clockwise from the meridian plane. Azimuthal compass direction is expressed in terms of all 360° of a circle. The term can also be called magnetic azimuth, when calculated using the North or South magnetic poles.
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