an imaginary line on the surface of a sphere that crosses all meridians at the same angle
Also called: rhumb line
Examples of 'loxodrome' in a sentence
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The spiral patterns are consistent with a loxodrome.
Stephen Iannaccone, Yue Zhou, David Walterhouse, Greg Taborn, Gabriel Landini, PhilipIannaccone 2012, 'Three Dimensional Visualization and Fractal Analysis of Mosaic Patches in Rat Chimeras:Cell Assortment in Liver, Adrenal Cortex and Cornea', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0031609. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For example, when in spherical geometry a loxodrome rolls on a circle, both asymptotic points trace circular involutes.
Hellmuth STACHEL, Giorgio FIGLIOLINI, Jorge ANGELES 2019, 'THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL AND ITS SPHERICAL COUNTERPART', Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphicshttp://sorging.ro/jideg/index.php/jid/article/view/484. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)