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Loxodremism
Loxodremism Lox*od"re*mism, n.
The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of
moving as if in a loxodromic curve.
LoxodromicLoxodromic 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. Loxodromic curveLoxodromic 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. loxodromic curveRhumb Rhumb, n. [F. rumb, Sp. rumbo, or Pg. rumbo, rumo,
probably fr. Gr. ??? a magic wheel, a whirling motion, hence
applied to a point of the compass. See Rhomb.] (Navigation)
A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant
angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve.
See Loxodromic.
To sail on a rhumb, to sail continuously on one course,
following a rhumb line. Loxodromics
Loxodromics Lox`o*drom"ics, n.
The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
Loxodromy
Loxodromy Lox*od"ro*my, n. [Cf. F. loxodromic.]
The science of loxodromics. [R.]
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