rhumb
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kerte.
2. pusulanın 32 kısmından her biri.
3. bütün meridyenleri aynı açıda kateden.
4. (isim) kerte.
Tanımlar :
1. A rhumb line.
2. one of the points of the mariner's compass.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle
2. one of the 32 points of the compass (compass points)
3. A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32nd of a circle or 11.25°
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. see loxodromic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A vertical circle of the celestial sphere.
2. A point of the compass, a thirty-second part of the circle of the horizon, 11° 15' in azimuth.
3. the course of a ship constantly moving at the same angle to its meridian; a rhumb-line.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. 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
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.