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loxodromic
[ lok-suh-drom-ik ]
adjective
- noting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
- noting or pertaining to a map projection, as Mercator's projection, in which rhumb lines appear as straight lines.
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adjective
- of or relating to rhumb lines or to map projections on which rhumb lines appear straight, as on a Mercator projection
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Derived Forms
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of loxodromic1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of loxodromic1
C17: from Greek loxos oblique + dromikos relating to a course
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Loxodromic, lok-so-drom′ik, adj. pertaining to certain lines on the surface of a sphere which cut all meridians at the same angle, and indicate the course held by ships in rhumb sailing.—Loxodromic curve, line, or spiral, the course of a ship oblique to the equator and cutting all the meridians at the same angle, sailing constantly toward the same point of the compass.—Loxodromics, the art of such oblique sailing.
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No one knew what an "isometric equatorial projection of a loxodromic curve" was, or seemed to care.
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