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 ancients were aware of the rectilineal propagation of light.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John
Before leaving his rectilineal room, he had dressed himself with his valet Neumann's help with all possible care, as his life in the public eye required.
From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas
To describe a rectilineal figure which shall be similar to one given rectilinear figure, and equal to another given rectilineal figure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
