Definition of Straight line

1. Noun. A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature. "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line"

Generic synonyms: Line
Specialized synonyms: Perpendicular, Asymptote, Tangent, Secant, Radius, Diameter, Chord, Element, Bias, Diagonal, Diagonal, Vector
Antonyms: Curve

Definition of Straight line

1. Noun. (geometry) A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points.(jump straight line s) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straight Line

straight chain
straight chair
straight dinkum
straight edge
straight edges
straight face
straight flush
straight flushes
straight flute
straight forward
straight from the horse's mouth
straight from the shoulder
straight hang
straight hit
straight life insurance
straight line
straight lines
straight man
straight men
straight off
straight out
straight out of the chute
straight peen hammer
straight person
straight pin
straight poker
straight pool
straight pull
straight quote
straight razor

Literary usage of Straight line

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"That is, since OM and OR are both constant, if while С mo-es in a circle P moves so that О, С, Р are always in the same straight line, and so that О С • OP ..."

2. The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series by Ernest William Hobson (1907)
"THE straight line AS A CONTINUUM. 43. Although it is no part of the plan of the present work to enter fully into the general theory of Magnitude, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Of course, the comparison line used varies considerably from the straight line extremal in direction, though not in position. Weierstrass, in 1879, gave a ..."

4. Elements of Mechanism by Peter Schwamb, Allyne Litchfield Merrill, Walter Herman James (1921)
"A Straight-line Mechanism is a linkage designed to guide a reciprocating piece either exactly or approximately in a straight line, in order to avoid the ..."

5. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"Considered as generated by the motion of a point along a straight line from a ... If A, B, C are three points ranged along a straight line in any order, ..."

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