rectilineal : Idioms & Phrases

Rec`ti*lin"e*al, Rec`ti*lin"e*ar adjective (Also<

• Rectilineal -lnal
• Rectilinear

)

Etymology

Recti- + lineal, linear.

Definitions

1. Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.

Webster 1913

• such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional.

Webster 1913