loxodromic
English edit
Etymology edit
From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
loxodromic (not comparable)
- (nautical) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing.
- 1969 November 10, John Fowles, chapter 59, in The French Lieutenant’s Woman, 1st US edition, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company […], →OCLC, page 344:
- […] 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 […]
Derived terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French loxodromique.
Adjective edit
loxodromic m or n (feminine singular loxodromică, masculine plural loxodromici, feminine and neuter plural loxodromice)
Declension edit
Declension of loxodromic
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | loxodromic | loxodromică | loxodromici | loxodromice | ||
definite | loxodromicul | loxodromica | loxodromicii | loxodromicele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | loxodromic | loxodromice | loxodromici | loxodromice | ||
definite | loxodromicului | loxodromicei | loxodromicilor | loxodromicelor |