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Meaning of loxodromic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/lɒksəˈdɹɒmɪk/

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing.
    not-comparable
  2. Preserving angles between curves, such as in a Möbius transformation that is not elliptic or parabolic.
    not-comparable

Examples

“[…]and who was himself on the early threshold of a decision precisely the opposite in its motives and predispositions, a ship, as it were, straining at its moorings in a contrary current and arming for its sinuous and loxodromic voyage to the richer though silted harbor of Rye[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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