of or relating to rhumb lines or to map projections on which rhumb lines appear straight, as on a Mercator projection
Derived forms
loxodromically (ˌloxoˈdromically)
adverb
Word origin
C17: from Greek loxos oblique + dromikos relating to a course
Examples of 'loxodromic' in a sentence
loxodromic
In hemisphere domes the development of the spirals of the herringbone creates a “loxodromic” curve.
Roberto Corazzi 2012, 'The “loxodromic”curve and the herringbone', Disegnare conhttp://disegnarecon.unibo.it/article/view/3156. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Their connections with loxodromic meromorphic functions in the punctured plane are considered.
A. Ya. Khrystiyanyn, A. A. Kondratyuk 2013, 'Meromorphic mappings of torus onto the Riemann sphere', Karpatsʹkì Matematičnì Publìkacìïhttp://journals.pu.if.ua/index.php/cmp/article/view/110. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)