rectilinear
pronunciation
How to pronounce rectilinear in British English:
UK [ˌrektɪˈlɪniə(r)]
How to pronounce rectilinear in American English:
US [ˌrektɪ'lɪnɪr]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by a straight line or lines
Word Origin
- rectilinear (adj.)
- "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).
Example
- 1. These planes found their rectilinear equivalent in the apartment .
- 2. Following a rectilinear path ; rectilinear patterns in wallpaper .
- 3. It is " modern " , certainly , but it is an expressive modernism that was quite at odds with the rectilinear " international style " of its time .
- 4. You 'll find very few rectilinear designs in this film .
- 5. There are two primary mechanical motions : rotary and rectilinear .