Meanings
plural rhumb lines
- nauticalA 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 & antonyms
nounA line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto loksodromio
- loksodromioa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Finnish loksodromi, kompassiviiva
- loksodromia line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
- kompassiviivaa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
French loxodromie, ligne de vent
- loxodromiea line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
- ligne de venta line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
German Loxodrome, Windlinie
- Loxodromea line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
- Windliniea line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Greek λοξοδρομία
- λοξοδρομία (loxodromía)a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Hungarian loxodroma
- loxodromaa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Italian lossodromica
- lossodromicaa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Polish loksodroma
- loksodromaa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Portuguese linha de rumo, curva loxodrómica
- linha de rumoa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
- curva loxodrómicaa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
- loxodromiaa line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Russian локсодрома, локсодромия
- локсодрома (loksodroma)a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
- локсодромия (loksodromija)a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Swedish loxodromlinje
- loxodromlinjea line cutting all meridians at a constant angle
Cite this entry
rhumb line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhumb%20line
“rhumb line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhumb%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rhumb line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rhumb%20line.
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