English

Etymology
French loxodromique, from Greek λοξο� �oblique� + δ�ομο� �course�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /l�ks�'dɹ�mɪk/

Adjective
loxodromic

1. nautical pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing

#:*1969: a ship, as it were, straining at its mooring in a contrary current and arming for its sinuous and loxodromic voyage to the richer though silted harbour of Rye � John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman

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