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rhumb lines

rhumb lines is the plural 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

Questions about rhumb lines

What is rhumb lines the plural of?
Rhumb lines is the plural of rhumb line.

Words near rhumb lines in the dictionary

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

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