名詞 rhumb:

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
   同義詞：rhumb line, loxodrome

rhumb

n.Nautical （名詞）【航?！?/i>
A rhumb line.
等角航線
One of the points of the mariner`s compass.
羅經(jīng)方位：航海者羅盤的方位之一

來(lái)源：
Possibly from Spanish
可能源自 西班牙語(yǔ)
or Portuguese rumbo [course, direction]
或 葡萄牙語(yǔ) rumbo [事業(yè)，方向]
ultimately from Latin rhombus [rhombus] * see rhombus
最終源自 拉丁語(yǔ) rhombus [菱形] *參見(jiàn) rhombus