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English
Etymology
From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
loxodromic (not comparable)
- (nautical) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing.
1969 November 10, John Fowles, chapter 59, in The French Lieutenant’s Woman, 1st US edition, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company , →OCLC, page 344: and who was himself on the early threshold of a decision precisely the opposite in its motives and predispositions, a ship, as it were, straining at its moorings in a contrary current and arming for its sinuous and loxodromic voyage to the richer though silted harbor of Rye
- (mathematics) Preserving angles between curves, such as in a Möbius transformation that is not elliptic or parabolic.
Derived terms
Noun
loxodromic (plural loxodromics)
- A path or curve on the surface of a sphere that intersects all meridians at a constant angle.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French loxodromique.
Adjective
loxodromic m or n (feminine singular loxodromică, masculine plural loxodromici, feminine and neuter plural loxodromice)
- loxodromic
Declension