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rhumbline

rhumbline 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 rhumbline

pluralrhumblines

Questions about rhumbline

What is rhumbline the alternative spelling of?
Rhumbline is the alternative spelling of rhumb line.

Words near rhumbline in the dictionary

  1. rhumbaed
  2. rhumbaing
  3. rhumbas
  4. rhumbatron
  5. rhumbatrons
  6. rhumbline
  7. rhumblines
  8. rhumbs
  9. Rhumel River
  10. rhums
  11. rhupunt

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