LOXODROME


Meaning of LOXODROME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈläk-sə-ˌdrōm ]

noun

Etymology: back-formation from loxodromic of a rhumb line, from French loxodromique, from Greek loxos oblique + dromos course — more at dromedary

Date: 1880

: rhumb line

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