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lox⋅o⋅drom⋅ics

  [lok-suh-drom-iks]
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–noun (used with a singular verb)
the technique of navigating according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
Also, lox⋅od⋅ro⋅my  [lok-sod-ruh-mee] .

Origin:
1670–80; see loxodromic, -ics
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Loxodromy

Lox*od"ro*my\, n. [Cf. F. loxodromic.] The science of loxodromics. [R.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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