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rhumb definition

rhumb (rum, rumb)

noun

  1. rhumb line
  2. any of the 32 points of a mariner's compass

Etymology: < Port & Sp rumbo, prob. < L rhombus: see rhombus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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