rectilinear
rec·ti·li·near
adjective
1.
characterized by a straight line or lines
- “rectilinear patterns in wallpaper”
- “the rectilinear propagation of light”
Origin
From post-Classical Latin; either from rectilīneāris or from rectilīneus (whence rectiline) + -ar, in both cases ultimately deriving from rectus (“straight”) + līnea (“line”).
Phrases
- near-rectilineal halo orbit
- near-rectilineal orbit
- near-rectilinear halo orbit
- near-rectilinear orbit
- rectilineal orbit
- rectilinear orbit
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