Azimuth bar
a device used in measuring azimuths, consisting of a bar with a sighting vane at each end,pivoted at its center, and rotating in a horizontal plane around the center of a compass.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of an early Mesolithic culture of southern France and northern Spain. Historical Examples These skeletons lay in the ‘Azilian’ layer (VI) described below. Men of the Old Stone Age Henry Fairfield Osborn The transformation of art and industry, indicated in the Azilian culture layer, is as decided as that in […]
- Azikiwe
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the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
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any compound containing the azido group, as sodium azide, NaN 3 . noun any compound containing the monovalent group –N3 or the monovalent ion N3– (modifier) consisting of, containing, or concerned with the group –N3 or the ion N3–: azide group or radical