释义 |
rectilineˈarity [f. prec. + -ity.] The quality of being rectilinear.
1813–21Bentham Ontology Wks. 1843 VIII. 197 Qualities that are qualities of the above-mentioned fictitious entities of the first remove. For example, of motion, rectilinearity, curvilinearity. 1863Lyell Antiq. Man xiii. (ed. 3) 233 The uniformity, parallelism,..and..rectilinearity of the so-called glacial furrows. fig.1840Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) V. 67 The rectilinearity of the law. |