Rhumb

Definition: Rhumb

Rhumb

Noun

1. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction.

Etymology: Rhumb \Rhumb\, noun. [French expression rumb, Spanish rumbo, or Portuguese rumbo, rumo, probably from Greek magic wheel, whirling motion, hence applied to point of the compass. See Rhomb.]. (Websters 1913)

"Rhumb" is a common misspelling or typo for: rhomb, thumb.

Domain	Definitions
Sports & Leisure	Thirty-second part of the circle of the horizon 11 degrees 15 minutes in azimuth. A point of compass. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Rhumb

Synonyms: loxodrome (n), rhumb line (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Direction	Point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE; rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Rhumb

English words defined with "rhumb": Loxodromic, Loxodromics ♦ Nautical distance ♦ Oblique sailing ♦ rhumb line ♦ To sail on a rhumb. (references)

Etymologies containing "rhumb": rhomb. (references)

"Rhumb" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rhumb" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Expressions using "rhumb": rhumb line ♦ To sail on a rhumb. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "rhumb": rhumb-line, rhumb-line track.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "rhumb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rumb. (various references)

Arabic		‏أحد إتجاهات البوصلة. (various references)

Bulgarian		румб (point). (various references)

Danish		loxodrom (loxodrome, rhumb line). (various references)

Dutch		loxodroom (loxodrome, rhumb line). (various references)

Farsi		خطسیرکشتی , دایره افقی . (various references)

Finnish		loksodromi (loxodrome, rhumb line), kompassiviiva (loxodrome, rhumb line). (various references)

French		rhumbe, rhumb, quart, aire-de-vent. (various references)

German		Loxodrome (loxodrome, rhumb line), Kursgleiche (loxodrome, rhumb line). (various references)

Greek		λοξοδρομία (loxodrome, rhumb line). (various references)

Hungarian		vonás (chalk, dash, draw, feature, line, mil, strain, tally, traction). (various references)

Italian		lossodromia (loxodrome, rhumb line). (various references)

Manx		rum (rum). (various references)

Pig Latin		umbrhay

Portuguese		rumo (course, route, set, trend, way). (various references)

Russian		румб (bearing, point). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kompasna crta. (various references)

Spanish		rumbo (course, direction, drift, route, tack, tenor). (various references)

Swedish		rumb. (various references)

Turkish		kerte. (various references)

Ukranian		румб (point). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "rhumb": rhumba, rhumbaed, rhumbaing, rhumbas, rhumbs. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-h-m-r-u"
	-1 letter: buhr.
	-2 letters: bum, bur, hub, hum, rub, rum, urb.
	-3 letters: hm, mu, uh, um.
	Words containing the letters "b-h-m-r-u"
	+1 letter: rhumba, rhumbs.
	+2 letters: bohrium, hamburg, homburg, humbler, rhombus, rhumbas, sambhur.
	+3 letters: ambusher, bohriums, bothrium, brachium, brougham, cherubim, hamburgs, homburgs, humblers, rhumbaed, sambhurs, thrombus.
	+4 letters: ambushers, bothriums, bronchium, broughams, cherubims, hamburger, herbarium, rhizobium, rhombuses, rhumbaing.
	+5 letters: bushmaster, embouchure, hamburgers, herbariums, humbuggery, thumbprint, thumbscrew.
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