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[syn: rectilinear, rectilineal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rectilineal \Rec`ti*lin"e*al\ (-l?n"?*al), Rectilinear
\Rec`ti*lin"e*ar\ (-l?n"?*?r), a. [Recti- + lineal, linear.]
Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by
straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure
or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. --
Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rectilinear
adj 1: characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear
patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of
light" [syn: rectilinear, rectilineal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "rectilinear":
arrowlike, dead straight, direct, even, flat, horizontal,
in a line, level, lineal, linear, rectilineal, right,
ruler-straight, smooth, straight, straight-cut, straight-front,
straight-side, streamlined, true, unbending, unbent, unbowed,
unbroken, uncurved, undeflected, undeviating, undistorted,
uninterrupted, unswerving, unturned, upright, vertical