azi'muthally
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azimuth (ˈæzɪməθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | astronomy, nautical Compare altitude the angular distance usually measured clockwise from the north point of the horizon to the intersection with the horizon of the vertical circle passing through a celestial body |
| 2. | surveying the horizontal angle of a bearing clockwise from a standard direction, such as north |
| [C14: from Old French azimut, from Arabic as-sumūt, plural of as-samt the path, from Latin semita path] | |
| azimuthal | |
| —adj | |
| azi'muthally | |
| —adv | |
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Azi'muthally
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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