rhumb line

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rhumb line

noun rhumb lines

A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction. On portolan maps rhumb lines were all the go long before Mercator's time. […] It's a different matter putting a straight rhumb line on a map made for a round world. And on a map made for the whole world.
Similar: rhumb, loxodrome

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noun a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle

Português	linha de rumo, curva loxodrómica, loxodromia
Français	loxodromie, ligne de vent
Deutsch	Loxodrome, Windlinie
Italiano	lossodromica
Ελληνικά	λοξοδρομία loxodromía
Русский	локсодрома loksodroma, локсодромия loksodromija

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@misc{rhumb_line_2026,
  title = {rhumb line},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhumb%20line},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}