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loxodromic

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lox⋅o⋅drom⋅ic

  [lok-suh-drom-ik]
–adjective
1. noting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
2. noting or pertaining to a map projection, as Mercator's projection, in which rhumb lines appear as straight lines.
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Also, lox⋅o⋅drom⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1695–1705; < Gk loxó(s) slanting, crosswise + dromikós of a course; see -drome, -ic

Related forms:
lox⋅o⋅drom⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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lox·o·drome   (lŏk'sə-drōm')   
n.  See rhumb line.

[Greek loxos, slanting + Greek dromos, course.]
lox'o·drom'ic (-drŏm'ĭk), lox'o·drom'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., lox'o·drom'i·cal·ly adv.
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