rectilinear
adjective
forming a straight line.
rectilinearly
-
a word derived from
rectilinear.
Example Sentences
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They all tend rectilinearly towards a centre, because of the sphereicity with which they have been irradiated into space.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe
