单词 | loxodromy |
释义 | loxodromyn. A loxodromic line or course; also = loxodromics n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > rhumb-line rhumb1576 rhumb line1669 loxodromica1679 loxodromy1706 loxodromic spiral1839 rhumb track1851 society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > types of navigation great circle sailing1595 loxodromics1704 oblique sailing1704 orthodromics1704 right sailing1704 parallel sailing1705 orthodromy1706 plane sailing1749 composite sailing1850 loxodromy1855 radio navigation1926 hyperbolic navigation1945 satnav1970 hyperbolic system1972 a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 98 Anaximander..first observed the Loxodromie, or biassing motions of the stars, in the Zodiac. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Loxodromy, such a Course in Sailing. 1712 J. T. Desaguliers tr. Ozanam Geogr. 114 A Ship which..sails along any Oblique Rumb..describes upon the Terraqueous Globe a Spiral Line, which we have call'd a Loxodromick Line, Loxodromy, or Oblique Course. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Loxodromy, a loxodromic curve or spiral; loxodromics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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