loxodromic

American

[lok-suh-drom-ik] / ˌlɒk səˈdrɒm ɪk /

Also loxodromical

adjective

noting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
noting or pertaining to a map projection, as Mercator's projection, in which rhumb lines appear as straight lines.

loxodromic British

/ ˌlɒksəˈdrɒmɪk /

adjective

of or relating to rhumb lines or to map projections on which rhumb lines appear straight, as on a Mercator projection

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Other Word Forms

loxodromically adverb
nonloxodromic adjective
nonloxodromical adjective

Etymology

Origin of loxodromic

1695–1705; < Greek loxó ( s ) slanting, crosswise + dromikós of a course; see -drome, -ic

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No one knew what an "isometric equatorial projection of a loxodromic curve" was, or seemed to care.

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