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azimuthally

  • a word derived from azimuth.
    azimuth
    noun
    the arc of the horizon measured clockwise from the south point, in astronomy, or from the north point, in navigation, to the point where a vertical circle through a given heavenly body intersects the horizon.

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The fact that all the events are consistent with an azimuthally homogeneous ring system makes other interpretations, such as an ensemble of cometary jets, very unlikely.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014

Similar variations are observed in Uranus’s narrow rings, and might be associated with normal mode oscillations that azimuthally modulate the width and optical depth of the rings.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014

Unilateral rupture propagation would result in an azimuthally dependent duration.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 16, 2011

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