About The Word Loxodromic
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Loxodromic
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What's The Definition Of Loxodromic?Synonyms | Synonyms for Loxodromic: Related Terms | Find terms related to Loxodromic: See Also | Loxodromic In Webster's Dictionary \Lox`o*drom"ic\, a. [Gr. ? slanting, oblique + ? a
running, course; cf. F. loxodromique.]
Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.
{Loxodromic curve} or {line} (Geom.), a line on the surface
of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every
meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship
sails when her course is always in the direction of one
and the same point of the compass.
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