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rectilineal, a.|rɛktɪˈlɪnɪəl|
[f. as next: see -al1 and cf. lineal.]
= rectilinear.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 203 Fishes..whose ribs are rectilineall. a1696Scarburgh Euclid (1705) 103 The like transmutation of all Rectilineal spaces into equal Parallelograms. a1774Goldsm. Surv. Exp. Philos. (1776) II. 350 The red ray..is therefore least..bent out of its rectilineal course. 1863E. V. Neale Anal. Th. & Nat. 43 A rectilineal triangle, that is,..the figure produced by three straight lines mutually intercepting each other.
Hence rectiˌlinealiˈzation, the fact of being arranged in a rectilineal fashion.
1893F. Adams New Egypt 47 The rectilinealisation of the streets is not excessive. |