rhumb line en · NOUN
Meanings
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A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.
On portolan maps rhumb lines were all the go long before Mercator's time. […] It's a different matter putting a straight rhumb line on a map made for a round world. And on a map made for the whole world.
1964, David Greenhood, Mapping, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 128:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhumb lines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
eo loksodromio (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · pl loksodroma (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · de Windlinie (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · de Loxodrome (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · ru локсодрома (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · pt curva loxodrómica (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · ru локсодромия (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · pt linha de rumo (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · fi kompassiviiva (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · fi loksodromi (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · pt loxodromia (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · sv loxodromlinje (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · fr ligne de vent (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · el λοξοδρομία (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · it lossodromica (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · fr loxodromie (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle) · hu loxodroma (a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle)