Definition of Loxodromics. Meaning of Loxodromics. Synonyms of Loxodromics

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Definition of Loxodromics

Loxodromics
Loxodromics Lox`o*drom"ics, n. The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
Loxodromic
Loxodromic Lox`o*drom"ic, a. [Gr. ? slanting, oblique + ? a running, course; cf. F. loxodromique.] Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables. Loxodromic curve or line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compass.

Meaning of Loxodromics from wikipedia

- Look up loxodromic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Loxodromic may refer to: a loxodrome, see rhumb line a loxodromic transform, see Möbius transformation#Loxodromic...
- Loxodromic navigation (from Gr**** λοξóς, oblique, and δρóμος, path) is a method of navigation by following a rhumb line, a curve on the surface of the...
- types, parabolic, elliptic, hyperbolic and loxodromic, with the hyperbolic ones being a subclass of the loxodromic ones. The classification has both algebraic...
- aspect Conic Equirectangular Sinusoidal Two-point Werner Gnomonic Gnomonic Loxodromic Loxi****l Mercator Retroazi****l (Mecca or Qibla) Craig Hammer Littrow...
- generate an abelian subalgebra consisting of boosts, rotations, and loxodromics all sharing the same pair of fixed points. The three-dimensional subalgebras...
- aspect Conic Equirectangular Sinusoidal Two-point Werner Gnomonic Gnomonic Loxodromic Loxi****l Mercator Retroazi****l (Mecca or Qibla) Craig Hammer Littrow...
- same angle. On a nautical chart following the Mercator projection, a loxodromic is represented by a straight line. This type of navigation is useful for...
- of longitude). Rhumb lines which cut meridians at oblique angles are loxodromic curves which spiral towards the poles. On a Mercator projection the north...
- or satire; for example: What logodaedaly shall we practise then? What loxodromics to get behind the light? Perhaps the finest modern example of its humorous...
- aspect Conic Equirectangular Sinusoidal Two-point Werner Gnomonic Gnomonic Loxodromic Loxi****l Mercator Retroazi****l (Mecca or Qibla) Craig Hammer Littrow...