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Answer for the clue "Of map-projection lines ", 10 letters:
loxodromic

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loxodromic \Lox`o*drom"ic\, a. [Gr. ? slanting, oblique + ? a running, course; cf. F. loxodromique.] Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables. Loxodromic curve or Loxodromic line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere, which always ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context nautical English) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Loxodromic may refer to: a loxodrome, see rhumb line a loxodromic transform, see Möbius transformation#Loxodromic transforms