Rectilineal
111straightness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of bending Nouns 1. straightness, directness (see adjectives); rectilinearity, alignment, truing; straight, direct, or right line, straight angle; beeline, short cut; inflexibility, stiffness (see… …
112Straightness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Straightness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 straightness straightness rectilinearity directness Sgm: N 1 inflexibility inflexibility &c.(stiffness) 323 Sgm: N 1 straight line straight line right line direct line Sgm: N 1 …
113rectilinear — [ˌrɛktɪ lɪnɪə] (also rectilineal nɪəl) adjective 1》 contained by, consisting of, or moving in a straight line or lines. 2》 Photography (of a wide angle lens) corrected so that straight lines in the subject appear straight in the image.… …
114straightforward — adj 1. steady, steadfast, fixed, inflexible; undeviating, unveering, unswerving, unbending, unflinching; keen, intent, unbroken, undistracted; piercing, penetrating, probing, searching. 2. direct, straight, straightaway, linear, lineal,… …
115rectilinear — /rɛktəˈlɪniə / (say rektuh lineeuh) adjective 1. forming a straight line. 2. formed by straight lines. 3. characterised by straight lines. 4. moving in a straight line. Also, rectilineal. –rectilinearly, adverb …
116straight — [adj1] aligned; not curved beeline*, collinear, consecutive, continuous, direct, erect, even, horizontal, in a line, in a row, inflexible, in line, invariable, level, like an arrow*, lineal, linear, near, nonstop, perpendicular, plumb,… …
117rectilinear — a. pertaining to or bounded by straight lines; rectigrade. ♦ rectilineal, a. ♦ rectilinearity, n …
118abscissa — For rectilineal axes of coordinates, the distance of a point from the axis of ordinates measured in a direction parallel to the axis of abscissae, which is usually horizontal. The sign convention is that measurements to the right from the axis of …
119rectilinear — (also rectilineal) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ contained by, consisting of, or moving in a straight line or lines. ORIGIN from Latin rectus straight + linea line …
120rectilinear — [rek΄tə lin′ē ər] adj. [< LL rectilineus < recti (see RECTI ) + linea,LINE1 + AR] 1. moving in a straight line 2. forming a straight line 3. bounded or formed by straight lines …
