| 单词 | rhumb line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrhumb line rhumb line n. now chiefly historical = sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > rhumb-line rhumb1576 rhumb line1669 loxodromica1679 loxodromy1706 loxodromic spiral1839 rhumb track1851 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. iv. v. 159 The Rhomb-line, if it were drawn, will be ordered to pass through F the Cross. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Rhomb-line, a line prolonged from any point of the compass on a nautical chart, except the four cardinal points. 1834 Navigation (Libr. Useful Knowl.) ii. iv. 25 Required the direct course, and distance on a rhumb line, from London to Naples. 1873 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 4 255 Pedro Nunez..first proved in 1537 that oblique rhumb lines are spirals. 1939 S. E. Morison Second Voy. C. Columbus 32 (note) The distance run was 820 leagues (roughly 2,624 miles), which was very close to the rhumb-line distance of 2,610 miles. 1998 Seahorse Internat. Sailing Apr. 37/3 On the first two legs it was unbelievable that they were the boat closest to the rhumb line consistently. < as lemmas |
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