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rhumb-line

rhumb-line is the alternative spelling of rhumb line.

Meaning of rhumb line

Noun

rhumb line (plural rhumb lines)

  1. A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.
    • On portolan maps rhumb lines were all the go long before Mercator's time. […] It's a different matter putting a straight rhumb line on a map made for a round world. And on a map made for the whole world.1964, David Greenhood, Mapping, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 128
    Synonyms:
    rhumb, loxodrome

Forms of rhumb-line

pluralrhumb-lines

Questions about rhumb-line

What is rhumb-line the alternative spelling of?
Rhumb-line is the alternative spelling of rhumb line.

Words near rhumb-line in the dictionary

  1. rhum agricole
  2. rhumb
  3. rhumb line
  4. rhumb lines
  5. rhumb sailing
  6. rhumb-line
  7. rhumb-lines
  8. rhumba
  9. rhumbaed
  10. rhumbaing
  11. rhumbas

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