vertical circle in English

noun
1
a great circle of the celestial sphere whose diameter runs from zenith to nadir.
The three vertical circle detail is very uniting.

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1. Azimuth (plural Azimuths) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object

2. Azimuth definition, the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon

3. Azimuth definition is - an arc of the horizon measured between a fixed point (such as true north) and the vertical circle passing through the center of an object usually in astronomy and navigation clockwise from the north point through 360 degrees.