Defn: Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.
Defn: The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
Defn: The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.
The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.
The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
Although meridians and parallels are indicated, loxodromiclines are wanting, which so generally appear on those globes constructed in the Netherlands.
The directions of the winds (loxodromic lines) we have laid down with great exactness for the use of sailors, as those experienced in navigation will see on close inspection.
Compass roses are numerous, from which radiate numerousloxodromic lines.
It is interesting to note that loxodromic lines or sailing lines have disappeared from such maps, that the map and the chart are here seen to merge.
Wind roses are numerous, from which the usual direction or loxodromic lines radiate.
Very artistically designed ships sail the oceans singly or in fleets, and compass lines as well as loxodromic lines are very numerous, radiating from centers distributed over the surface of the map.
Loxodromic lines are drawn on the map in accord with the best practices of the time, which radiate from wind or compass roses, one being placed on the equator and one at latitude 35 degrees south.
These orthodromic distances are of course shorter than those measured along a loxodromic line, which intersects all parallels at the same angle.
The loxodromic charts first appeared in Italy, and were so called from the fact that they were crossed by loxodromes (or rhumb lines) radiating from a number of crossing points distributed regularly over the map.
From the numerous compass or wind roses, distributed with some regularity over its surface, he drew loxodromic lines, or curved lines cutting the meridians at equal angles.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "loxodromic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
