loxodromia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /lok.so.dɾoˈmi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lok.so.dɾoˈmi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ksu.dɾuˈmi.ɐ/ [lu.ksu.ðɾuˈmi.ɐ]

Hyphenation: lo‧xo‧dro‧mi‧a

Noun

loxodromia f (plural loxodromias)

(nautical, mathematics) loxodrome (a line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle)

Further reading

“loxodromia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“loxodromia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026