| 单词 | loxodromic curve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloxodromic curve 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. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [adjective] > types of navigation 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 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > rhumb-line 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. < as lemmas |
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