Synonyms for rectilinear
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rek-tl-in-ee-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛk tlˈɪn i ər |
Top 10 synonyms for rectilinear Other synonyms for the word rectilinear
- boxlike
- boxy
- collinear
- continuous
- direct
- equal-sided
- equilateral
- erect
- even
- foursquare
- horizontal
- in a line
- in a row
- in line
- inflexible
- invariable
- level
- like an arrow
- lineal
- linear
- near
- orthogonal
- perpendicular
- plumb
- precipitous
- quadrate
- quadratic
- quadratical
- rectilineal
- rectilinear
- right
- right-angled
- running
- sheer
- square
- squared
- squarish
- through
- unbent
- unbroken
- uncurled
- undeviating
- undistorted
- uninterrupted
- unrelieved
- unswerving
- upright
- vertical
Définition of rectilinear
Origin :- "forming a straight line," 1650s, with -ar + rectiline (1560s), from Late Latin rectilineus, from rectus "straight" (see right (adj.1)) + linea "line" (see line (n.)). Related: Rectilineal (1640s).
- As in square : adj four-sided
- As in straight : adj aligned; not curved
- By linear, or perhaps, more correctly, rectilinear incision.
- Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
- The English letters are much more sober and rectilinear in character.
- Extract from : « Lessons in the Art of Illuminating » by W. J. Loftie
- Patagium incomplete, enveloping only the basal half of the arms, with four to five rectilinear parallel chamber-rows.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
- Kepler, on the other hand, was no less in error in considering their paths to be rectilinear.
- Extract from : « Comets and Meteors » by Daniel Kirkwood
- Quite soon you will begin to find that everything is too rectilinear.
- Extract from : « Wings and the Child » by E. [Edith] Nesbit
- And a rectilinear process has no right to get into a circle!
- Extract from : « Social Value » by B. M. Anderson
- Rectilinear routes are routes which in a sense lie in rects.
- Extract from : « The Concept of Nature » by Alfred North Whitehead
- It may be some other body, moving, but moving in a rectilinear direction.
- Extract from : « Plato's Doctrine respecting the rotation of the Earth and Aristotle's Comment upon that Doctrine » by George Grote
- That when moved, its motion is rotatory and not rectilinear, it owes to its own nature.
- Extract from : « Plato's Doctrine respecting the rotation of the Earth and Aristotle's Comment upon that Doctrine » by George Grote
- The chief member of the cornice, directly beneath the gutter, by its great projection and rectilinear faces forming the drip.
- Extract from : « History of Ancient Art » by Franz von Reber
Antonyms for rectilinear
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