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rectilineal

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rec⋅ti⋅lin⋅e⋅ar

  [rek-tl-in-ee-er]
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–adjective
1. forming a straight line.
2. formed by straight lines.
3. characterized by straight lines.
4. moving in a straight line.
Also, rec⋅ti⋅lin⋅e⋅al.

Origin:
1650–60; < LL rēctilīne(us) (rēcti- recti- + līne(a) line 1 + -us adj. suffix) + -ar 1

Related forms:
rec⋅ti⋅lin⋅e⋅ar⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

rectilinear 
"forming a straight line," 1659, from rectiline (1570), from L.L. rectilineus, from rectus "straight" + linea "line."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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