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retroazimuthal

retroazimuthal adjective: in which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B.

Adjective

retroazimuthal (not comparable)

  1. In which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B.
    • Littrow projection is the only conformal retroazimuthal projection.

Origin of retroazimuthal

From retro- + azimuthal.

Questions about retroazimuthal

What does retroazimuthal mean?
Retroazimuthal means in which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B.
What part of speech is retroazimuthal?
Retroazimuthal is an adjective.

Words near retroazimuthal in the dictionary

  1. retroauricle
  2. retroauricular
  3. retroauricularly
  4. retroaxonal
  5. retroaxonally
  6. retroazimuthal
  7. retrobiosynthesis
  8. retrobiosynthetic
  9. retrobulbal
  10. retrobulbar
  11. retrobulbarly

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