rhumb line
rhumb line · rhumb lines
локсодрома, локсодромия
Loxodrome, Windlinie
A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains…A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.
Meaning
1 sensesA line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.
Loxodrome, Windlinie
локсодромаloksodroma, локсодромияloksodromija
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
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle:
Forms
plural: rhumb lines| Singular | rhumb line |
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