Rhumb - English meaning
Rhumb – definitions in English dictionary
nounAn imaginary line on the earth's surface cutting all meridians at the same angle, used as the standard method of plotting a ship's course on a chart.
Usage examples:
Then, we'll sail on a rhumb line straight in and hope the only ships we meet are ours.nounAny of the 32 points of the compass.
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Word origin
late 16th century: from French rumb (earlier ryn (de vent ) ‘point of the compass’), probably from Dutch ruim ‘space, room’. The spelling change was due to association with Latin rhombus (see
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