rectilinear

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~ -- Expenses are not rectilinear, but circular.

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  1. adjective Moving in, consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a straight line or lines: following a rectilinear path; rectilinear patterns in wallpaper.

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  • It was like a rectilinear bar across the middle of the site with straight arms reaching across the river to the East and West, symbolically touching and being part of the city in both directions. —  Omni: September 1993
  • Though it dissipates quickly, full wide-angle shots have an odd, barely rectilinear (corner sharpness and brightness fall-off don't help here) about them that can be difficult to deal with depending on the subject. —  DigitalCameraReview.com Digital Camera News and Reviews
  • It's all in a beautiful non-rectilinear futuristic interface. —  CommunityWiki: RecentChanges
  • Among the strongest and most unique were Susan Hefuna's works from the Building Series, non-rectilinear and abstract renderings of Islamic lattice-work window screens. —  theartblog
  • These lines are either rectilinear, undulated, or zigzag; sometimes passing over the forehead transversely, or vertically; sometimes in the same direction, or obliquely over the whole visage, or upon the breast, arms, &c.; Many were painted with red clay, in which the same lines appeared. —  Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk
 

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  1. From Late Latin rēctilīneus : Latin rēctus, right; see reg- in Indo-European roots + Latin līnea, line; see line1.

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  1. from Latin rectilineus, rectilineal (see rectilineal), + -ar.
 

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/rɛktɪˈlɪnəər/
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