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Which navigational error increases if an astrolabe's alidade offset isn't algebraically accounted for when determining angles relative to true zenith?

A)Celestial body identification failure
B)Inaccurate geographic latitude calculation
C)Azimuth angle measurement deviation
D)Calendrical date synchronization error

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Azimuth error rises because a misaligned alidade displaces the angular reading via parallax; therefore, a navigator's directional fix suffers rather than generating other errors because the geometry is specific to angle measurements.

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