rectilineal

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His city was laid out and built by Italian and French architects, a city too mannered and rectilineal for Russia, a city that announced to Europe that Russia had finally emerged into resplendent modernity.

From Newsweek

If it is desired to make a rectilineal grating, we deposit the phosphate solution on the gelatine in a straight line by means of two parallel glass plates.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

The E. border is nearly rectilineal, while on the W., the wall forms a bold curve.

From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn

Here we are ever brought back to the undulating ground of living science, instead of having to follow the rectilineal way traced out by the dead letter.

From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

In "The Processional Instinct," Mr. Pain informs us that he has discovered that our private life is circular, and our public life is rectilineal.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 26, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir