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loxodrome

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loxodrome /ˈlɒksədrəʊm/

▶noun another term for rhumb (sense 1).

– derivatives
loxodromic adjective.

– origin C17 (as loxodromic): from Fr. loxodromique, from Gk loxos ‘oblique’ + dromos ‘course’.

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