Azimuth Circle

A great circle, whose plane pa es through the zenith or point of the heavens directly overhead; any great circle in whose plane the vertical at the point of observation is included. Each celestial body has or determines an azimuth circle. 55  STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY. **B** (a) Abbreviation for Baumé, a hydrometer scale. (See Baumé.) Thus 10º B. means "ten degrees Baumé." (b) Symbol for the coefficient of induced magnetization, or the number of lines per square centimeter induced in a magnetic circuit or in any specified part of it.