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acimut

azimuth — the angle between a star and the meridian, measured along the horizonángulo de un astro con el meridiano, medido sobre el horizonte

Comes from Arabic

السُّمُوت

as-sumūt

“the paths, the directions (plural of samt)”«los caminos, las direcciones (plural de samt)»

Arabic today says

سَمْت

samt

Root

س م ت

s-m-t

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

Also spelled azimut. It comes from the plural as-sumūt, while cénit (zenith) comes from the singular samt: one Arabic word gave two astronomical terms.También se escribe azimut. Viene del plural as-sumūt, mientras que cénit viene del singular samt: la misma palabra árabe dio dos términos astronómicos.

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