An Azimuth 's the angle from a reference vector in a reference plane to a second vector in the same plane, pointing toward, (but not necessarily meeting), something of interest. For example, with the sea as your reference plane, the azimuth of the Sun might be the angle between due North and the point on the horizon the Sun's currently over. An imaginary line drawn along the surface of the sea might point in the direction of the Sun, but would obviously never meet it. Azimuth's usually measure… (
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