RHUMB LINE vs NORTHWARDLY: NOUN
- A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle.
- The path of a ship that maintains a fixed compass direction, shown on a map as a line crossing all meridians at the same angle.
- 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
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RHUMB LINE vs NORTHWARDLY: ADVERB
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- Northwards, towards the north
RHUMB LINE vs NORTHWARDLY: OTHER WORD TYPES
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- In a northern direction.
- Having a northern direction.
RHUMB LINE vs NORTHWARDLY: RELATED WORDS
- Southeasterly, Cape horn, Northeasterly, Northwesterly, Southwesterly, Abeam, Leeward, Windward, Northerly, Easterly, Westerly, Southerly, Upwind, Loxodrome, Rhumb
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RHUMB LINE vs NORTHWARDLY: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Southeasterly, Cape horn, Northeasterly, Northwesterly, Southwesterly, Abeam, Leeward, Windward, Northerly, Easterly, Westerly, Southerly, Upwind, Loxodrome, Rhumb
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RHUMB LINE vs NORTHWARDLY: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Much of the fleet chose to sail high along the CT shoreline with Young American choosing a route more towards the rhumb line.
- The fundamental elements such as earth ellipsoid, geoid, geocentric and geodetic latitudes, rhumb line, and great circle are dealt with in detail.
- On the rhumb line from the Royal Sovereign to Dungeness there are no dangers.
- Define the following terms: datum, developable surface, secant, azimuth, rhumb line, and zenithal.
- Rhumb Line cases are shown, one in each hemisphere.
- State; thence by the same northwardly to the northwest corner of Shenango Township, thence by the same to the place of beginning.
- After a time the emperor of the south built many forts throughout his dominions, and extending them northwardly almost penetrated the lake Erie.
- The Cuyahoga, Rocky, and Chagrin Rivers are the principal ones, and they all run northwardly into Lake Erie.
- Pump Road; thence northwardly along Pump Road to its intersection with Ridgefield Parkway and the point of beginning.
- Parrish and wife and thence Northwardly along said Western line to the point of beginning.
- Magnetic North pointed travelers Northwardly, so maps adjusted accordingly bu placing North at the top.
RHUMB LINE vs NORTHWARDLY: QUESTIONS
- What is the latitude of the aircraft flying the rhumb line?
- Can a rhumb line be contrasted with a great circle?
- Why follow a rhumb line instead of a geodesic line?
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