Definition of Loxodromic
1. a. Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.
Definition of Loxodromic
1. Adjective. (nautical) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing. ¹
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Medical Definition of Loxodromic
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Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.
Loxodromic curve or line, a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compass.
Origin: Gr. Slanting, oblique + a running, course; cf. F. Loxodromique.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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