Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The curve described upon the terrestrial spheroid by a ship sailing on one course—that is, always in the same direction relatively to the north point.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
rhumb line .
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Examples
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Having tracked the Gulf of Mexico oil spill daily for the last couple of weeks, race officials will institute an offset east of the rhumb-line course that will provide a safety buffer away from the spill while only extending the course length by a dozen or so miles.
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Meanwhile his distant rival JOURDAIN has been pushing hard still in the best of the trade winds making over 16 knots for much of the time, but making no real impression on the 497 miles lead of Foncia which is now converging back towards the rhumb-line, making a NE'ly track.
ISAF News 2009
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