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Definition of Rhumb

Rhumb
Rhumb 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.

Meaning of Rhumb from wikipedia

- standard map projection for navigation due to its property of representing rhumb lines as straight lines. When applied to world maps, the Mercator projection...
- In navigation, a rhumb line, rhumb (/rĘŚm/), or loxodrome is an arc crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle, that is, a path with constant...
- Rhumb may refer to: Rhumb line, a navigational path with a constant bearing one of the 16 or 32 points of the comp**** (now rare) a nautical unit of angular...
- books of sailing directions. Other names that have been proposed include rhumb line charts, comp**** charts or loxodromic charts whereas modern French scholars...
- windrose lines (after wind roses), since they are not true rhumb lines by the modern definition. A rhumb line in the modern sense is only straight on a chart...
- The Rhumb Line is the debut LP for the Syracuse-based indie rock band Ra Ra Riot. Recorded in late 2007 with Ryan Hadlock in Woodinville, WA, the band...
- This 'correction', whereby constant bearing sailing courses on the sphere (rhumb lines) are mapped to straight lines on the plane map, characterizes the...
- integrates a function along all great circles of the sphere. Great ellipse Rhumb line W., Weisstein, Eric. "Great Circle -- from Wolfram MathWorld". mathworld...
- industrialist Maurice Dior, known for her English-style garden at her villa Les Rhumbs in Granville, Manche, France. She was also the mother of the grand couturier...
- they had signed to Barsuk Records. They released their debut album, The Rhumb Line, on August 19, 2008, in North America, and on September 22, 2008, in...