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loxodromic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lok′sə drom′ik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
lox•o•drom•ic  (lok′sə drom′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Geography, Naval Termsnoting, pertaining to, or according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
  2. Geography, Naval Termsnoting or pertaining to a map projection, as Mercator's projection, in which rhumb lines appear as straight lines.
Also, lox′o•drom′i•cal. 
  • Greek loxó(s) slanting, crosswise + dromikós of a course; see -drome, -ic
  • 1695–1705
lox′o•drom′i•cal•ly, adv. 

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