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PRONUNCIATION OF RECTILINEAL

rectilineal  [ˌrektɪˈlɪnɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECTILINEAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rectilineal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECTILINEAL


calcaneal
kælˈkeɪnɪəl
cranial
ˈkreɪnɪəl
curvilineal
ˌkɜːvɪˈlɪnɪəl
domanial
dəʊˈmeɪnɪəl
endocranial
ˌɛndəʊˈkreɪnɪəl
extracranial
ˌekstrəˈkreɪnɪəl
finial
ˈfaɪnɪəl
geranial
dʒɪˈreɪnɪəl
interlineal
ˌɪntəˈlɪnɪəl
intracranial
ˌɪntrəˈkreɪnɪəl
lineal
ˈlɪnɪəl
matrilineal
ˌmætrɪˈlɪnɪəl
multilineal
ˌmʌltɪˈlɪnɪəl
patrilineal
ˌpætrɪˈlɪnɪəl
pineal
ˈpɪnɪəl
postcranial
ˌpəʊstˈkreɪnɪəl
tineal
ˈtɪnɪəl
transcranial
trænzˈkreɪnɪəl
trichogynial
ˌtrɪkəʊˈdʒɪnɪəl
unlineal
ʌnˈlɪnɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECTILINEAL

recti
rectifiability
rectifiable
rectification
rectified
rectified spirit
rectifier
rectifies
rectify
rectilineally
rectilinear
rectilinearity
rectilinearly
rection
rectipetality
rectipetaly
rectirostral
rectiserial
rectitic
rectitis

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECTILINEAL

anconeal
anneal
balneal
cochineal
corneal
cuneal
dyspneal
hymeneal
intraperitoneal
perineal
peritoneal
peroneal
retroperitoneal
stamineal
vineal

Synonyms and antonyms of rectilineal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rectilineal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECTILINEAL

Find out the translation of rectilineal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rectilineal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rectilineal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哥特式建筑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rectilíneo
570 millions of speakers

English

rectilineal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rectilineal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rectilineal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прямолинейный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rectilineal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরলরেখাবদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rectiligne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rectilineal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rectilineal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rectilineal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rectilineal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rectilineal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thẳng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rectilineal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरळमार्गी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düz çizgili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rettilineo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rectilineal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прямолінійний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rectilineal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευθύγραμμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vierkantige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rectilineal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rettlinjede
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rectilineal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECTILINEAL»

The term «rectilineal» is used very little and occupies the 170.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECTILINEAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rectilineal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECTILINEAL»

Discover the use of rectilineal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rectilineal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elements of the geometry of planes and solids
S. As every rectilineal figure can be considered as com- pounded of triangles : similar rectilineal figures will be decomposable in similar triangles; they are, therefore, also, in the same ratio as any of these triangles : that is, similar rectilineal ...
Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, 1828
2
Library of useful knowledge: Mathematics ...
79 When two rectilineal figures are said to be similar, and what are homologous sides. (Seethe Note upon this def.)b7 When straight lines are said to be similarly placed in similar rectilineal figures . . .57 (A) (a) Any one of the sides is less than ...
Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge (Great Britain), 1835
3
History of Rome
79 When two rectilineal figures are said to be similar, and what are homologous sides. (Seethe Note upon this de/.)57 When straight lines are said to be similarly placed in similar rectilineal figures . . .57 (A) (a) Any one of the sides is less than ...
Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), 1833
4
Mathematics
When said to be inscribed in a circle or circumscribed about a circle . 79 When two rectilineal figures are said to be similar, and what are homologous sides. ( Seethe Note upon this rfe/.)57 When straight lines are said to be similarly placed in ...
‎1830
5
Geometry, plane, solid, and spherical. To which is added, in ...
100 (6) Of regular polygons which have the same perimeter, that which has the greatest number of sides is greatest 101 (c) A regular polygon is greater than any other rectilineal figure which has the same (or a less) number of sides, and the ...
Pierce Morton, 1830
6
Cassell's Edition of Euclid. The Elements of Geometry, or ...
Wherefore the rectilineal figures A and B are cqniangular (I. Ar. 1), and have their sides about the equal angles proportionals (V. 11). Therefore the figure A is similar to the figure B (VI. Deg/Z 1). Therefore, rectilineal figures, &c. Q. E. D. As it is ...
‎1852
7
The Elements of Euclid
6.) : for the same reason, the parallelogram ABCD is similar to the parallelogram FHCK. Wherefore each of the parallelograms GE, KH is similar to DB ; but rectilineal figures which are similar to the same rectilineal figure are also similar to one ...
Euclid, Robert Simson, 1838
8
Geometry, plane, solid, and spherical, in six books: To ...
79 When two rectilineal figures are said to be similar, and what are homologous sides. (Seethe Note upon this def.)b7 When straight lines are said to be similarly placed in similar rectiliueal figures . . « 57 'A) (a) Any one of the sides it less than  ...
Pierce Morton, 1835
9
The Elements of geometry; or, The first six books, with the ...
Wherefore the rectilineal figures A and B are equiangular (I. Ax. 1), and have their sides about the equal angles proportionals (V. 11). Therefore the figure A is similar to the figure B (VI. Def. 1). Therefore, rectilineal figures, &c. Q. E. D. As it is  ...
Euclides, Robert Wallace, 1855
10
The elements of plane geometry; or, The first six books of ...
Wherefore the rectilineal figures A and Bare equiangular. (I. Ax. 1), and have their sides about the equal angles proportionals (V. 11). Therefore the figure A is similar to the figure B (VI. Def.Y). Therefore, rectilineal figures, &c. Q.E.D. Tnop. XXII.
Euclides, William Davis (B.A.), 1863

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECTILINEAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rectilineal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Phantom 3 is highly-capable aerial photography drone, maintain its …
The camera also incorporates a rectilineal lens, eliminating the wide-angle, fish-eye effect produced by many integrated drone cameras, including those built ... «Customs Today Newspaper, Apr 15»
2
With release of low-cost, high-performance Phantom 3, it's fair to say …
The camera also incorporates a rectilineal lens, eliminating the wide-angle, fish-eye effect produced by many integrated drone cameras, including those built ... «Customs Today Newspaper, Apr 15»
3
'Taming Manhattan,' Catherine McNeur's Environmental History
The rectilineal Manhattan we know was still decades away, and parts of the island remained rural and rugged. The very notion of order seemed so foreign that in ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
4
When curvy is beautiful
While most architecture is rectilineal – all straight lines and squared angles – curves are often designed to soften a building's impact, help the structure meld into ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 14»
5
French style forward
Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann was largely responsible for creating central Paris as it is today; his famously rectilineal streets created to be wide enough ... «Financial Times, Feb 14»

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