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Rhumb Line

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Noun

1. loxodrome, rhumb, rhumb line

a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rhumb Line

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noun
1. 
an imaginary line on the surface of a sphere, such as the earth, that intersects all meridians at the same angle
2. 
the course navigated by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a uniform compass heading

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Rhumb Line

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the course of a ship that keeps a constant compass direction, represented on a map, chart, or globe by a line that cuts across all meridians at the same angle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rhumb Line

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n.
The path of a ship that maintains a fixed compass direction, shown on a map as a line crossing all meridians at the same angle. Also called loxodrome.

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