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rhumb

We found 7 definitions of rhumb from 5 different sources.

What does rhumb mean?

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rhumb - 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
		rhumb line, loxodrome

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rhumb (Noun)
A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.
rhumb (Noun)
One of the 32 points of the compass.
rhumb (Noun)
A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32nd of a circle or 11. 25 °.

rhumb (n.)
A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic.

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A vertical circle of any given place, or the intersection of a part of such a circle with the horizon. Rhumbs, therefore, coincide with points of the world, or of the horizon; and hence seamen distinguish the rhumbs by the same names as the points and winds, as marked on the fly or card of the compass. The rhumb-line, therefore, is a line prolonged from any point of the compass in a nautical chart, except the four cardinal points; or it is a line which a ship, keeping in the same collateral point or rhumb, describes throughout its whole course.

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rhumb in sign language