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rectilinear

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rec·ti·lin·e·ar  (rkt-ln-r)
adj.
Moving in, consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a straight line or lines: following a rectilinear path; rectilinear patterns in wallpaper.
[From Late Latin rctilneus : Latin rctus, right; see reg- in Indo-European roots + Latin lnea, line; see line1.]
recti·line·ar·ly adv.
rectilinear [rek-tee-lin-ee-er]
Adjective
Formal
1. in a straight line
2. bounded by or formed of straight lines
rectilinear  (rkt-ln-r)
Relating to, consisting of, or moving in a straight line or lines.
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Adj.1.rectilinear - characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of light"
rectilineal
linear, one-dimensional - of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement"


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The rectilinear movement has thus become changed into a circular motion of extreme velocity, and it is now pursuing an elliptical orbit round the moon, of which it has become a true satellite.
From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
Belfast and Maston-- that it had deviated from its course from some unknown cause, and had not reached its destination; but that it had passed near enough to be retained by the lunar attraction; that its rectilinear movement had been changed to a circular one, and that following an elliptical orbit round the star of night it had become its satellite.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
The massive walking-beam rose and fell above the deck; at one end a piston-rod worked up and down; and at the other was a connecting-rod which, in changing the rectilinear motion to a circular one, was directly connected with the shaft of the paddles.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
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