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/lɒksəˈdɹɒmɪk/ · adjective
(nautical) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing..
[…]and who was himself on the early threshold of a decision precisely the opposite in its motives and predispositions, a ship, as it were, straining at its moorings in a contrary current and arming for its sinuous and loxodromic voyage to the richer though silted harbor of Rye[…]
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Loxodromic means (nautical) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing..
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[…]and who was himself on the early threshold of a decision precisely the opposite in its motives and predispositions, a ship, as it were, straining at its moorings in a contrary current and arming for its sinuous and loxodromic voyage to the richer though silted harbor of Rye[…]
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