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loxodromy|lɒkˈsɒdrəmɪ|
[Formed as prec. + -y. Cf. F. loxodromie.]
A loxodromic line or course; also = loxodromics.
a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 98 Anaximander..first observed the Loxodromie, or biassing motions of the stars, in the Zodiac. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Loxodromy, such a Course in Sailing. 1712Desaguliers tr. Ozanam's Geog. 114 A Ship which..sails along any Oblique Rumb..describes upon the Terraqueous Globe a Spiral Line, which we have call'd a Loxodromick Line, Loxodromy, or Oblique Course. 1855Ogilvie, Suppl., Loxodromy, a loxodromic curve or spiral; loxodromics. |