Definition of "rectilinear" [rectilinear]

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

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• "The lens used for this purpose must be capable of giving a perfectly sharp picture right up to the edges, and must be of the class called rectilinear, i.e., giving straight lines."
• "The two types of straight routes will be called rectilinear routes and stations."
• "These straightjacket compositions are static, rectilinear, and constrained, the forms, abstract and perfect."