loxodromic
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A path or curve on the surface of a sphere that intersects all meridians at a constant angle.
形容词 adj.
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Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing.
— […]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[…]
- Preserving angles between curves, such as in a Möbius transformation that is not elliptic or parabolic.
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词源
词源 1
From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”).
词源 2
From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”).
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