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loxodromes

loxodromes is the plural of loxodrome.

Meaning of loxodrome

Noun

loxodrome (plural loxodromes)

  1. A line on a surface (such as the Earth) that cuts all meridians at a constant angle (but not a right angle) – on Earth, the path followed by a ship or aircraft that maintains a constant course by the compass.
    Synonyms:
    rhumb line, rhumb

Questions about loxodromes

What is loxodromes the plural of?
Loxodromes is the plural of loxodrome.

Words near loxodromes in the dictionary

  1. loxodograph
  2. loxodographs
  3. loxodont
  4. loxodonts
  5. loxodrome
  6. loxodromes
  7. loxodromic
  8. loxodromical
  9. loxodromically
  10. loxodromics
  11. loxodromies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loxodromes (page history and authors); loxodrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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