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What (who) is rhumb - definition
Rhumb
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Rhumb (disambiguation)
·noun A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle;
- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. ·see Loxodromic.
rhumb
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Rhumb (disambiguation)
[r?m]
¦ noun Nautical
1. (also rhumb line) an imaginary line on the earth's surface cutting all meridians at the same angle, used to plot a ship's course on a chart.
2. any of the thirty-two points of the compass.
Origin
C16: from Fr. rumb (earlier ryn (de vent) 'point of the compass'); assoc. with L. rhombus (see rhombus).
Rhumbs
ARC CROSSING ALL MERIDIANS OF LONGITUDE AT THE SAME ANGLE
Rhumb lines; Loxodrome; Rhumb Line; Rhumbs; Rhumb-line; Rhumb-lines; Rhumblines; Loxodromes
In a mariners' compass, the thirty-two points, designated, north, north
by east, north north east, etc. (See Compass Mariner's-Compass, Points
of the.)
