Azimuthal angle

angle in the spherical coordinate system

dimensionless quantity, quantity

Corresponding Quantity Kind: angle with ISQ dimension $1$

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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.

References

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

Further links

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

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