LOXODROMIC


Meaning of LOXODROMIC in English

— 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 ]

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