HyperDic: rhumb_line

English > 1 sense of the expression rhumb line:
NOUNlocationrhumb line, rhumb, loxodromea line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle
English > rhumb line: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsrhumb, loxodrome
BroaderlineA spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Spanishloxodrome

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