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  • loxodromic

    noting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.

  • rhumb line

    a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction.

  • rhumb sailing

    sea navigation along rhumb lines.

  • great-circle sailing

    sailing between two points more or less according to an arc of a great circle, in practice almost always using a series of rhumb lines of different bearings to approximate the arc, whose own bearing changes constantly unless it coincides with a meridian or the equator.

  • loxodrome

    rhumb line.

  • loxodromics

    the technique of navigating according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
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