rhumb line

1. 1.

   a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction

   Synonymsrhumbloxodrome

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Questions about rhumb line

What does rhumb line mean?

rhumb line means "a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction".

What is another word for rhumb line?

Close synonyms include rhumb, loxodrome. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rhumb line a common word?

rhumb line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.