Definition of "azimuthal" []

• Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. (adjective)
• Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points). (adjective)

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• "The globe is depicted in what geographers call the azimuthal equidistant projection, which serves the politically correct purpose of taking in all six inhabited continents."
• "Martinez-Garcia et al, NGC 918 has its share of spiral density waves that present azimuthal color gradients that even an infrared passband won't fully penetrate."
• "If you were to look at the region through an azimuthal projection, you would see that, loosely speaking, Wilkes Barre is in southeast PA."