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Rectilinear

see synonyms of rectilinear

Adjective

1. rectilineal, rectilinear

characterized by a straight line or lines

Example Sentences:
'rectilinear patterns in wallpaper'
'the rectilinear propagation of light'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rectilinear

see synonyms of rectilinear
adjective
1. 
in, moving in, or characterized by a straight line or lines
the rectilinear propagation of light
2. 
consisting of, bounded by, or formed by a straight line or lines

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rectilinear

see synonyms of rectilinear
adjective
1. 
moving in a straight line
2. 
forming a straight line
3. 
bounded or formed by straight lines
4. 
characterized by straight lines
5.  Optics
corrected so as not to distort straight lines
said of a type of lens

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rectilinear

see synonyms of rectilinear
adj.
Moving in, consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a straight line or lines: following a rectilinear path; rectilinear patterns in wallpaper.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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