rhumb noun. [rʌm] L16.
[French rumb, rum, earlier ryn (de vent of wind) point of the compass, prob. from Dutch ruim space, room; alt. later by assoc. with Latin RHOMBUS.]
Nautical.
1. More fully rhumb-line. The line followed by a ship sailing in a fixed direction; an imaginary line on the earth's surface intersecting all meridians at the same angle and used as the standard method of plotting a ship's course on a chart. L16.
b. fig. A course of action. M17-L18.

2. a. Any of the 32 points of the compass. L16.
b. The angle between two successive points of the compass. E17.

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