RHUMB LINE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction

Synonyms:

loxodrome; rhumb; rhumb line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("rhumb line" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

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