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Definition of Rectilineal
1. Adjective. Characterized by a straight line or lines. "The rectilinear propagation of light"
Definition of Rectilineal
1. a. Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course.
Definition of Rectilineal
1. Adjective. (alternative form of rectilinear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectilineal
Literary usage of Rectilineal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geometry, Plane, Solid, and Spherical, in Six Books: To which is Added, in by Pierce Morton (1830)
"79 When two rectilineal figures are said to be similar, ... 8 (6) The exterior
angle» of a rectilineal figure (formed by producing its sides) are together ..."
2. The Psychology of Froebel's Play-gifts by Denton Jaques Snider (1900)
"At present, however, we shall drop this subject and pass to the rectilineal Gifts,
which Mo before us for exposition. This, in order to be educative, ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry by Charles Smith (1886)
"Ex. S. If a rectilineal quadrilateral ABCD be traced on a ... If a rectilineal
hexagon be traced on a ..."
4. The Contents of the Fifth and Sixth Books of Euclid by Euclid, Micaiah John Muller Hill (1900)
"In any right-angled triangle, any rectilineal figure described on the ... Let ABC
be a triangle right-angled at C. On AB let any rectilineal figure X be ..."
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