arrowlike, even, in a line, linear, ruler-straight, straight-cut, streamlined, unbent, uncurved, undistorted, unturned
Definitionadj. characterized by a straight line or lines
Last update: August 19, 2015
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She has drawn a rectilinear figure. [Please select]
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Experimentally (by extrapolation from the" law of the rectilinear diameter ") the critical volume is four times the volume at absolute zero (see Condensation Of Gases). [Please select]
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It was adjusted, jointed, imbricated, rectilinear, symmetrical and funereal. [Please select]
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The white, rectilinear ribbon of roadway was spotted with approaching groups that on the horizon line looked like a file of ants. [Please select]
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The superior border, which is convex or rectilinear, is thin, and is separated from the posterior border by an obtuse angle. [Please select]
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Locomotion Four distinct types of locomotion have been described in snakes: horizontal undulatory, rectilinear, sidewinding, and concertina (Klauber, 1956: 331-350). [Please select]
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Rectilinear locomotion is more useful to large, thick-bodied snakes which use this method of progression, chiefly when they are prowling and unhurried. [Please select]
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Their calculations on the eccentricity of the moon prove that they had a rectilinear trigonometry and tables of chords. [Please select]
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Down below there, rectilinear, scientifically paralleled and squared, the Yard disclosed itself. [Please select]
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It would be more difficult to tattoo the human face or body with straight lines or rectilinear patterns than with curved ones. [Please select]
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A long strip of paper is given a uniform rectilinear motion as the string attached to it is wound around the axle, V. [Please select]
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