loxodromic
adjective
lox·o·drom·ic
variants or less commonly loxodromical
-mə̇kəl
: relating to a rhumb line or to sailing on rhumb lines
loxodromically adverb
-mə̇k(ə)lē
Word History
Etymology
loxodromic probably from (assumed) New Latin loxodromicus, from Greek lox- + drom- + Latin -icus -ic; loxodromical from loxodromic + -al