loxodromics

loxodromics
/lok'seuh drom"iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the technique of navigating according to loxodromes or rhumb lines.
Also, loxodromy /lok sod"reuh mee/.
[1670-80; see LOXODROMIC, -ICS]

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