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EA:  VECTOR_AZIMUTH_MAGNETIC

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1504

Concept definition: The smallest angle from vector A to vector B where A is the reference vector with origin in the local x-y plane, perpendicular to the local normal, and defined by the projection onto this plane of the vector toward magnetic north and B is the projection onto the surface plane of the vector of interest; vector azimuth magnetic. The positive sense is clockwise when looking in the <DIRECTION> of the cross product AxB.
 
Attribute value type: REAL
Unit equivalence class label: PLANE_ANGLE
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [TRHT]
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