Meaning & use
Rectilinear
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Characterized by, bounded by, or moving in a straight line or lines.
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The building's rectilinear facade contrasted sharply with the curved museum next door.
Physicists first describe motion as rectilinear before introducing curved paths.
A note on using this word
In photography, a "rectilinear lens" is specially designed so that straight lines in a scene stay straight in the image, unlike a fisheye lens.
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straight-linedlinear
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