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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rectilineal \Rec`ti*lin"e*al\ (-l?n"?*al), Rectilinear
\Rec`ti*lin"e*ar\ (-l?n"?*?r), a. [Recti- + lineal, linear.]
Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by
straight lines; as a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure
or course. -- {Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly}, adv --
{Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rectilinear
adj : characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear
patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of
light" [syn: {rectilineal}]
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