Lŏx'o-drōm'ĭcs, n. sing.

[Fr. loxodromie, Gr. λοξός, slanting, oblique, and δρόμος, a running, course, from δραμεῖν, τρέχειν, to run.] The art or method of oblique sailing by the loxodromic or rhumb line. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]