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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. characterized by a straight line or lines;
- Example: "rectilinear patterns in wallpaper"
- Example: "the rectilinear propagation of light"
[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