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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: rhumb, -rhumb-
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
rhumba(n) การเต้นจังหวะรุมบ้า, Syn. rumba

WordNet (3.0)
rhumba(v) dance the rhumba, Syn. rumba
rhumb line(n) 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, Syn. loxodrome, rhumb
rumba(n) syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba, Syn. rhumba
rumba(n) a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement, Syn. rhumba
rumba(n) a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance, Syn. rhumba

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Rhumb

n. [ F. rumb, Sp. rumbo, or Pg. rumbo, rumo, probably fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a magic wheel, a whirling motion, hence applied to a point of the compass. See Rhomb. ] (Navigation) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic. [ 1913 Webster ]


To sail on a rhumb, to sail continuously on one course, following a rhumb line.
[ 1913 Webster ]

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