rhumb line

rhumb line
noun
a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction
• Syn: ↑rhumb, ↑loxodrome
• Hypernyms: ↑line

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\\ˈrəm|līn\ noun
: a line on the surface of the earth that makes equal oblique angles with all meridians, that is a spiral coiling round the poles but never reaching them, and that is the path of a ship sailing always oblique to the meridian in the direction of one and the same point of the compass

the only projection on which the rhumb line on the earth is reduced to a straight line on the map is the Mercator projection — C.H.Deetz

— called also loxodrome, loxodromic curve

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a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction. Also called loxodrome, rhumb.
[1660-70]

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rhumb line noun
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Main Entry: ↑rhumb

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rhumb line,
a line on the surface of a sphere cutting all meridians at the same oblique angle; loxodromic curve.

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