Definitions | loxodromic |
| adjective
- (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 voyage to the richer though silted harbour of Rye " John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman
Etymology: French loxodromique, from Greek "oblique" + "course".
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