Azimuth — (Audio IPA|lang=US English|en us azimuth.ogg|ˈæzɪməθ) is a mathematical concept defined as the angle, usually measured in degrees (°), between a reference plane and a point. This concept is used in many practical applications including navigation … Wikipedia
azimuth — [ azɪməθ] noun 1》 Astronomy the horizontal component of the direction of a celestial object from the observer, expressed as an angular distance from the north or south point of the horizon. 2》 the horizontal angle or direction of a compass… … English new terms dictionary
Ebright Azimuth — Location map Delaware label=Ebright Azimuth mark=RedMountain.svg lat=39.835683 long= 75.522417 marksize=20 position=left width=300 float=right background= caption=Location of Ebright Azimuth in Delaware The Ebright Azimuth is the point with the… … Wikipedia
Tactical Air Navigation — TACtical Air Navigation, or TACAN, is a navigation system used by military aircraft. It provides the user with a distance and bearing from a ground station. It is a more accurate version of the VHF omnidirectional range / Distance Measuring… … Wikipedia
Polarization — ( Brit. polarisation) is a property of waves that describes the orientation of their oscillations. For transverse waves, it describes the orientation of the oscillations in the plane perpendicular to the wave s direction of travel. Longitudinal… … Wikipedia
geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… … Universalium
Vector notation — This page is an overview of the common notations used when working with vectors, which may be spatial or more abstract members of vector spaces.The common typographic convention for representing a vector is upright boldface type, as in v for a… … Wikipedia
radar — /ray dahr/, n. 1. Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or… … Universalium
Rangekeeper — Rangekeepers were electromechanical fire control computers used primarily during the early part of the 20th century. They were sophisticated analog computers whose development reached its zenith following World War II, specifically the Computer… … Wikipedia
VHF omnidirectional range — This article is about the radio navigation aid. For other uses, see Vor. D VOR (Doppler VOR) ground station, co located with DME … Wikipedia
Moving target indication — (MTI) is a mode of operation of a radar to discriminate a target against clutter. [1] In contrast to another mode, stationary target indication, it takes an advantage of the fact that the target moves with respect to stationary clutter. The most… … Wikipedia