— loxodromically , adv.
/lok'seuh drom"ik/ , adj.
1. noting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
2. noting or pertaining to a map projection, as Mercator's projection, in which rhumb lines appear as straight lines.
Also, loxodromical .
[ 1695-1705; loxó ( s ) slanting, crosswise + dromikós of a course; see -DROME, -IC ]