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part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	an arc measured horizontally and clockwise from a point north, in navigation, or a point south, in astronomy, to another point where a vertical circle intersects the horizon.
definition 2:	in gunnery or surveying, the angle of sideways divergence from a standard path or direction, as of a bomb or shell.
derivations:	azimuthal (adj.), azimuthally (adv.)

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