- rectilinear as an adjective:
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rectilinear
adjective
1 rectilinear
Characterized by a straight line or lines:
— Rectilinear patterns in wallpaper.
— The rectilinear propagation of light.
synonym: rectilineal.
Roget 246: straight; rectilinear, rectilineal†; direct, even, right, true, in a line; unbent, virgate† etc. v.; undeviating, unturned, ... show more
Roget 314: oscillating etc. v.; oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory†, libratory, rectilinear; vibratory, vibratile†; pendulous.
Polish: prostoliniowy
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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