rhumb line

See also: rhumbline and rhumb-line

English

Noun

rhumb line (plural rhumb lines)

1. (nautical) A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.

Synonyms

• rhumb
• loxodrome

Translations

a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle

• Esperanto: loksodromio
• Finnish: loksodromi, kompassiviiva
• French: loxodromie (fr) f, ligne de vent (fr) f
• German: Loxodrome f, Windlinie f
• Greek: λοξοδρομία (el) f (loxodromía)
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• Italian: lossodromica f
• Polish: loksodroma (pl) f
• Portuguese: linha de rumo f, curva loxodrómica f, loxodromia f
• Russian: локсодрома (ru) f (loksodroma), локсодромия (ru) f (loksodromija)

Further reading

• rhumb line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia