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| loxodromic [ lóksə drómmik ] or loxodromical [ lóksə drómmik'l ] |
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relating to type of map projection: relating to a map in which the rhumb lines appear straight, or to the rhumb lines on such a map
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| [Late 17th century. < French loxodromique< Greek loxos 'oblique' + dromos 'course'] |
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 loxodromically adverb |
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