Etymology: Formed as loxodromen. + -ismsuffix. Compare French loxodromisme.
The tracing of or moving in a loxodromic line or curve.
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1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxxii. 374 Occupied..by the parallelism, or rather the loxodromism of the strata,.. I was struck with [etc.].
1855 J. OgilvieSuppl. Imperial Dict.Loxodromism, the tracing of a loxodromic curve or line.
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