azimuthal angle

Community: MathModDB

quantity

ISQ dimension: $1$

Available identifiers

WikidataQ116757767 ScholiaQ116757767QUDT quantity kind IDAzimuthMaRDI QIDQ6673695 FDOQ6673695

angle in the spherical coordinate system

The azimuth is the angle formed between a reference direction (in this example north) and a line from the observer to a point of interest projected on the same plane as the reference direction orthogonal to the zenith.

Described at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuth

Further items linking to azimuthal angle

Item	Property
angle	specialized by
spherical coordinate system	contains
spherical harmonics expansion (3D)	symbol represents

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