rhumb
Noun
Meaning
A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
rhumb line
loxodrome
east
north
south
west
southeast
united
course
degree
direction
northeast
azimuth
compass point
road
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rhumb lines
rhumb lines sequentially
rhumb lines sequentially joining
sequentially joining with rhumb lines
the length in nautical miles of the rhumb linejoining any two places on the earth's surface
Examples
If α is neither 0 nor then the above figure of the infinitesimal elements shows that the length of an infinitesimal rhumb line on the sphere between latitudes φ; and φ + δφ is a sec α δφ.
One problem is the variation of scale with latitude, and another is that straight lines on the map ( rhumb lines ), other than the meridians or the equator, do not correspond to great circles.