straight line

Example Sentences

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During the second week of pre-season testing, Ferrari turned heads with their rotating 'upside down' rear wing when the car's straight-line mode was activated.

From BBC

Straight-line movement doesn’t stress the major knee ligament and some day-to-day tasks such as walking are easily accomplished without an ACL.

From Los Angeles Times

That's to increase straight-line speed to enable more energy harvesting under braking.

From BBC

Straight-line is the prevailing method, where each year of depreciation expense for a given purchase is the same.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a situation like that, so-called accelerated depreciation may have a better shot at reflecting economic reality than the straight-line method.

From The Wall Street Journal