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rhumb line

arc crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle
Class type of: spiral Q215169

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
spiral[2]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Loxodrome, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[4][5][6][7]
Discoverer or inventor
Pedro Nunes[1]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[10]
Time of discovery or invention
1537[3]
Used by
loxodromic navigation, portolan chart[8][9]
🏷️ Also known as
en loxodrome en rhumb line en rhumb ar خط الإتجاه الثابت cs loxodroma da Kompaslinje da Kompaslinie de Kursgleiche el Λοξοδρομία es loxodrómica es Loxodroma es Loxodromia es Loxodromica fa خط هم‌گوشه fi loksodromi fr loxodromie fr Loxodromique he לוקסודרום id Loksodrom it lossodromia
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
SeparatrixLoxodrome.png ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/loxodrome
Freebase ID
/m/01l45j
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
loxodromia-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0120600, 0233782
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2182468
Lex ID
kompaslinje
MathWorld ID
Loxodrome
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
117688341
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3933638

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Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Discoverer or inventor 1
Pedro Nunes
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Subclass of 1
spiral
Used by 1
portolan chart
← Different from 1
Rhumbline network
← FactGrid item ID 1
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  1. [1] ↑ . General Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
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