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Nov 29, 2007
This week's themeWords with built-in definite articles This week's words lagniappe alcove El Dorado azimuth algorithm 
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with Anu Gargazimuth(AZ-uh-muhth) noun: The horizontal angle to an object, measured clockwise from a fixed reference point, usually north or south. From French azimut, from Latin azimut, from Arabic al-sumut, from al (the) + samt (way).
"The company's unique medium-gain antenna finds and tracks the
satellite in azimuth, electronically." See more usage examples of azimuth in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.
X-BonusIf one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it -- too big sails to too small a ship, too big meals to too small a body, too big powers to too small a soul -- the result is bound to be a complete upset. In an outburst of hubris the overfed body will rush into sickness, while the jack-in-office will rush into the unrighteousness that hubris always breeds. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE) |
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