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==English==
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===Noun===
{{en-noun|head=[[rhumb]] [[line]]}}
 
# {{labellb|en|nautical}} A [[line]] that cuts all [[meridian]]s at the same [[angle]], the [[path]] of a [[vessel]] that maintains a [[constant]] [[compass]] [[direction]].
#: {{syn|en|rhumb|loxodrome}}
#: {{cot|en|orthodrome}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1964|author=David Greenhood|title=Mapping|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226306971|page=128|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=otBojR7J1BoC&lpg=PA128&dq=%22Mercator%22%20map&hl=es&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q&f=false|text=On portolan maps '''rhumb lines''' were all the go long before Mercator's time. {{...}} It's a different matter putting a straight '''rhumb line''' on a map made for a ''round'' world. And on a map made for the ''whole world''.}}
 
====Translations====
{{trans-top|a line cutting all meridians at a constant angle}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|loksodromio}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|loksodromi}}, {{t|fi|kompassiviiva}}
* French: {{t+|fr|loxodromie|f}}, {{t+|fr|ligne de vent|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Loxodrome|f}}, {{t|de|Windlinie|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λοξοδρομία|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|loxodroma}}
* Italian: {{t|it|lossodromica|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|loksodroma|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|linha de rumo|f}}, {{t|pt|curva loxodrómica|f}}, {{t|pt|loxodromia|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|локсодрома|f}}, {{t+|ru|локсодромия|f}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|loxodromlinje}}
{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{C|en|Curves|Shapes in non-Euclidean geometry}}
====Synonyms====
* [[rhumb]]
* [[loxodrome]]
 
====External links====
* {{pedialite|lang=en}}
 
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