How to pronounce altazimuth
American English pronunciation
al-TAZ-uh-muth
- IPA
- /ælˈtæzəməθ/
- Syllables
- al · TAZ · uh · muth (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What altazimuth means
A telescope mount that turns up-down and side to side
In a sentence: She aimed the telescope by turning its altazimuth mount up and then sideways.
Where it comes from: It is altitude plus azimuth, the two numbers that tell where something is in the sky: how high up and how far around.
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