A straight line

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"That which lies evenly between its extreme points." Euclid. "The shortest line between two points." Chauvenet. "A line which has the same direction through its whole length." Newcomb.

- Euclid.

See also: Straight

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aligned angular deformation Anorthopia asymptote chord cycloid diagonal diam diameter element of a cone element of a cylinder Euclidean interior angle perpendicular plane angle radius rectilineal rectilinear Sanson-Flamsteed projection			If our friend comes closer to us we see his line becomes larger; if he leaves us it becomes smaller: but still he looks like a straight line; be he a Triangle, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon, Circle, what you will -- a straight Line he looks and nothing else. Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context Mudge, who was at the rudder, kept in a straight line, and by a turn of his hand checked the lurches which the vehicle had a tendency to make. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context I knew that the island was not so large but that I could easily find the sea if I did but move in a straight line, but there came the difficulty as there was no way in which I could direct my course and hold it, the sun, of course, being always directly above my head, and the trees so thickly set that I could see no distant object which might serve to guide me in a straight line. At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			A pair of bellows A per se A piece of bric-a-brac A piece of money à pied A pig in a poke A play upon words a posteriori A power a priori A respecter of persons A screw loose A shares A sharp A sheet in the wind A ship's caliber A ship's husband A short cut A sizes a snowball's chance in hell A son A speaking acquaintance A stand of arms A stick of eels A straight face A straight line a tempo A tempo giusto A to J A to Z A to ZÂ a trifle A true bill A Visit from St. Nicholas A wet blanket A wheel within a wheel A whited sepulcher A wild goose chase A world to see A year's mind A&E a' A'asia A'man a- A-1 A-bomb A-frame A-horizon A-line A-list			A State of Trance A Statement of Basic Accounting Theory A Statement of Basic Auditing Concepts A Static Lullaby A station A Statistical Computing Procedure a steady hand on the tiller A Step Beyond A Step In The Right Direction A stick of eels a stick to beat with a stick-in-the-mud a sticking point a stiff upper lip a sting in the tail A Stitch In Time A Stitch in Time Saves Nine a stone's throw a stone's throw away a stool pigeon a storm in a teacup A Storm of Swords a straight arrow A straight face A straight line a straight shooter a straw in the wind a straw man a streak of luck A Streetcar Named Desire a string of bad luck a string of good luck a string of good luck a a stroke of fortune a stroke of luck a strong stomach A Structured Addictions Assessment Interview for Selecting Treatment a stud-muffin A Study of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetes a stuffed shirt a stumbling block A Stupid Acting Person A subset of R which is not Lebesgue measurable A Subsystem for Scanning of Electronic Received Traffic a sucker born every minute a sucker born every minute a sucker born every minute a sucker born every minute A Suit That Fits A Super Mario Thing A supply A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

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