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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lox•o•drom•ic (lok′sə drom′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Geography, Naval Termsnoting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
- Geography, Naval Termsnoting or pertaining to a map projection, as Mercator's projection, in which rhumb lines appear as straight lines.
Also, lox′o•drom′i•cal. - Greek loxó(s) slanting, crosswise + dromikós of a course; see -drome, -ic
- 1695–1705
lox′o•drom′i•cal•ly, adv. |