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Definition of Loxodromes
1. loxodrome [n] - See also: loxodrome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loxodromes
Literary usage of Loxodromes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Account of the Historical Development of Pseudospherical Surfaces by Emily Coddington (1905)
"-u, -c^ -r log smh — = — - -- ® aa He found that the parallels of the first
surface pass over into loxodromes on the pseudosphere and that the meridians of ..."
2. Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions by James Harkness, Frank Morley (1898)
"plane, say into the tangent plane at the south pole, the meridians become a system
of rays in the plane, and the loxodromes become, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"On the Italian charts the loxodromes were drawn as straight lines. The numerous
radii of the compass shown on the maps enabled the seaman to find the ..."
4. Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable by Heinrich Burkhardt (1913)
"graphic projection was not sufficiently simple since the loxodromes were the ...
A map was wanted on which the loxodromes would appear as straight lines. ..."
5. Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica: Rev. and Amended A Dictionary of Arts (1890)
"The lines by which the meridians were cut at the same angle were called loxodromes;
they gave a correct indication when they cut the true astronomical ..."
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