loxodromicadj.n.
/ˌlɒksəˈdrɒmɪk/, U.S. /ˌlɑksəˈdrɑmɪk/ A. adj.
Pertaining to oblique sailing, or sailing by the rhumb. loxodromic chart, loxodromic projection, another name for Mercator's projection. loxodromic curve, loxodromic line, loxodromic spiral, a rhumb-line. loxodromic tables, traverse tables.
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loxodromic1702
loxodromical1704
orthodromic1775
astronautical1848
radio navigational1921
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > tables > types of
regimenta1544
traverse table1669
loxodromic tables1702
loxodromics1704
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rhumb1576
rhumb line1669
loxodromica1679
loxodromy1706
loxodromic spiral1839
rhumb track1851
1702 J. Raphson Math. Dict. Loxodromick Line.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Table Loxodromick Tables, Tables of Traverses, used in Navigation for the easy and ready Solution of Problems.
1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Navigation ii. iv. §51. 19 The oblique rhumb line is called also the Loxodromic curve.
1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 183/1 Loxodromic spiral, the curve on which a ship sails when her course is always on one point of the compass. It is called in English works Rhumb Line.
1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (1859) §123 These..counter-currents are also made to move in a sort of spiral or loxodromic curve.
B. n.
a. = loxodromic line, loxodromic tables at sense A.
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rhumb line1669
loxodromica1679
loxodromy1706
loxodromic spiral1839
rhumb track1851
a1679 J. Moore New Syst. Math. (1681) II. 120 Loxodromiques or Traverse-Tables of Miles, with the Difference of Longitudes and Latitudes.
1764 S. Dunn in Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 66 If rightly correspondent with the loxodromiques or rhumbs.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) iv. §235 It is diverted from the great circle path and forced to take up its line of march, either in spirals about a point on the surface of the earth, or in loxodromics about its axis.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Loxodromic, the line of a ship's way when sailing oblique to the meridian.
b. loxodromics n. the art of oblique sailing.
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great circle sailing1595
loxodromics1704
oblique sailing1704
orthodromics1704
right sailing1704
parallel sailing1705
orthodromy1706
plane sailing1749
composite sailing1850
loxodromy1855
radio navigation1926
hyperbolic navigation1945
satnav1970
hyperbolic system1972
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > tables > types of
regimenta1544
traverse table1669
loxodromic tables1702
loxodromics1704
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Loxodromiques, is the Art or Way of oblique sailing by the Rumb... Hence the Tables of Rhumbs, or the Traverse Table of Miles,..is by Sir J. Moore, and others, called by this Name of Loxodromiques.
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