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Definition of Rectilinear
1. Adjective. Characterized by a straight line or lines. "The rectilinear propagation of light"
Definition of Rectilinear
1. Adjective. In a straight line. ¹
2. Adjective. (geometry arts) Formed from straight lines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rectilinear
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rectilinear
Literary usage of Rectilinear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1912)
"The first function of any theory of light is to account satisfactorily for the
so-called rectilinear propagation of light in a homogeneous medium. ..."
2. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1901)
"Hence any proposed theory must account, not for an accurate rectilinear propagation,
but for an approximate rectilinear propagation in which there is a ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1843)
"rectilinear PLASTIC FLOW OF A BINGHAM SOLID I. FLOW BETWEEN ECCENTRIC CIRCULAR
... By similar arguments, the steady rectilinear flow pattern between rigid ..."
4. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"JUXTAPOSITION OF CURVILINEAR AND rectilinear TRACERY.—We no\v come to three
puzzling sets of windows which appear to break the rules of chronological ..."
5. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"Uniformly Accelerated rectilinear Motion. — Many examples of straight-line motion
with constant acceleration occur in engineering practice, ..."
6. Mechanics by Henry Kater, Dionysius Lardner (1830)
"Rest, or uniform rectilinear motion, are therefore the only states in which any
... In such a case, its state of rest, or of uniform rectilinear motion, ..."
7. The Academician: Containing the Elements of Scholastic Science, and the by Albert Picket, John W. Picket (1820)
"This line or angle is said to be a rectilinear angle, because it is formed ...
The straight lines which form this rectilinear angle, are called the limbs of ..."
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