straight line

[streyt-lahyn]

straight-line

[streyt-lahyn]
adjective
1.
Machinery.
a.
noting a machine or mechanism the working parts of which act or are arranged in a straight line.
b.
noting a mechanism for causing one part to move along a straight line.
2.
Accounting. denoting uniform allocation, as in calculating the total depreciation over the life of a depreciable asset, dividing that into equal parts, and depreciating each segment at regular intervals.

Origin:
1835–45
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WordNet
straight line

noun
a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line" [ant: curve
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