HyperDic: rhumb

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

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