[lok-suh-drom-ik] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
səˈdrɒm