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41rhumbline — rhumb line n. 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. Also called loxodrome. * * * …
42Edward Wright (mathematician) — For the 20th century mathematician, see Edward Maitland Wright. Edward Wright Title page of the first edition of Wright s Certaine Errors in Navigation (1599) …
43Mercator projection — of the world between 82°S and 82°N. Mercator world …
44navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …
45Qibla — For the Shi a militant group in South Africa, see Qibla (group). Current Qiblah of Islam is the direction towards the Kaaba The Qiblah (Arabic: قبلة, direction ), also transliterated as Qibla, Kiblah or Kibla, is the direction that sh …
46Systeme technique — Système technique Le système technique est un grand ensemble de cohérences qui se tissent à une époque donnée entre différentes technologies et qui constituent un stade plus ou moins durable de l’évolution des techniques. Ainsi chaque époque… …
47Système technique — Le système technique est un grand ensemble de cohérences qui se tissent à une époque donnée entre différentes techniques et qui constituent un stade plus ou moins durable de l’évolution des techniques. Ainsi chaque époque serait caractérisée par… …
48РУМБ — (англ. rhumb). 1) одно из 32 направлений компаса, подразделяемых еще на половины и четверти. 2) часть горизонта = 11,25 град. или 1/32 окружности. Словарь иностранных слов, вошедших в состав русского языка. Чудинов А.Н., 1910. РУМБ 1) 1/32… …
49loxodrome — /lok seuh drohm /, n. See rhumb line. [1875 80; back formation from LOXODROMIC] * * * ▪ cartography also called Rhumb Line, or Spherical Helix, curve cutting the meridians of a sphere at a constant nonright angle. Thus, it may be seen as …
50Dying Is Fine — Single by Ra Ra Riot from the album The Rhumb Line Genre Indie rock Length 3:51 …
