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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rhumb  \Rhumb\,  n.  [F.  rumb,  Sp  rumbo,  or  Pg  rumbo,  rumo, 
  probably  fr  Gr  ???  a  magic  wheel,  a  whirling  motion,  hence 
  applied  to  a  point  of  the  compass.  See  {Rhomb}.]  (Navigation) 
  A  line  which  crosses  successive  meridians  at  a  constant 
  angle;  --  called  also  {rhumb  line},  and  {loxodromic  curve}. 
  See  {Loxodromic}. 
 
  {To  sail  on  a  rhumb},  to  sail  continuously  on  one  course, 
  following  a  rhumb  line 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rhumb 
  n  :  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  [syn:  {rhumb  line},  {loxodrome}] 




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