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PRONUNCIATION OF RECTILINEARLY

rectilinearly  [ˌrɛktɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECTILINEARLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rectilinearly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES RECTILINEARLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rectilinearly in the English dictionary

The definition of rectilinearly in the dictionary is in a manner that is characterized by a straight line or lines.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECTILINEARLY


biennially
baɪˈɛnɪəlɪ
ceremonially
ˌsɛrɪˈməʊnɪəlɪ
collinearly
kɒˈlɪnɪəlɪ
cranially
ˈkreɪnɪəlɪ
curvilinearly
ˌkɜːvɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ
genially
ˈdʒiːnɪəlɪ
interlineally
ˌɪntəˈlɪnɪəlɪ
interlinearly
ˌɪntəˈlɪnɪəlɪ
intracranially
ˌɪntrəˈkreɪnɪəlɪ
lineally
ˈlɪnɪəlɪ
linearly
ˈlɪnɪəlɪ
matrilineally
ˌmætrɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ
menially
ˈmiːnɪəlɪ
nearly
ˈnɪəlɪ
patrilineally
ˌpætrɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ
patrilinearly
ˌpætrɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ
perennially
pəˈrenɪəlɪ
postcranially
ˌpəʊstˈkreɪnɪəlɪ
quadrennially
kwɒˈdrɛnɪəlɪ
rectilineally
ˌrɛktɪˈlɪnɪəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECTILINEARLY

rectifiable
rectification
rectified
rectified spirit
rectifier
rectifies
rectify
rectilineal
rectilineally
rectilinear
rectilinearity
rection
rectipetality
rectipetaly
rectirostral
rectiserial
rectitic
rectitis
rectitude
rectitudinous

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECTILINEARLY

biyearly
bright and early
clearly
dearly
early
gnarly
half-yearly
irregularly
marly
not nearly
particularly
pearly
popularly
regularly
scholarly
semiyearly
similarly
spectacularly
unclearly
yearly

Synonyms and antonyms of rectilinearly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rectilinearly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECTILINEARLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

直线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rectilínea
570 millions of speakers

English

rectilinearly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rectilinearly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط مستقيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прямолинейно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rectilineamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

rectilinearly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rectiligne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara rectilinearly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geradlinig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

直線的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

직선적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rectilinearly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rectilinearly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rectilinearly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरळ रेषेत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doğrusal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rettilineo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prostoliniowo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прямолінійно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rectiliniu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευθύγραμμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rectilinearly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rätlinjigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rettlinjet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rectilinearly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECTILINEARLY»

The term «rectilinearly» is normally little used and occupies the 130.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECTILINEARLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rectilinearly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rectilinearly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECTILINEARLY»

Discover the use of rectilinearly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rectilinearly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pharmaceutical journal: A weekly record of pharmacy and ...
In this property also circularly-polarized light agrees with common or unpolarized light, but differs from rectilinearly polarized light. 3. Analyzed by a doubly refracting prism of Iceland spar, a ray of circularly-polarized light gives constantly two ...
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1844
2
Lectures on Polarized Light: Delivered Before the ...
In this property also circularly polarized light agrees with common or unpolarized light, but differs from rectilinearly polarized light. 3. Analyzed by a doubly refracting prism of Iceland spar, a ray of circularly polarized light gives constantly two ...
Jonathan Pereira, 1843
3
The Theory of Cluster Sets
The points of FrZ) rectilinearly accessible from D are dense in Fr D. For let a be any point of Fr D and x any point in U(a, e) r, D, where e > 0 is such that U(oc, e) does not contain the continuum Fr D. If a is not rectilinearly accessible, the point of ...
E. F. Collingwood, A. J. Lohwater, 1966
4
Cosmic Electrodynamics: Electrodynamics and Magnetic ...
Such a particle can produce electromagnetic emission if some additional conditions are met. One possibility is a particle moving strictly rectilinearly without any acceleration. The other possibility is a case of weak acceleration, when the particle ...
Gregory D. Fleishman, Igor N. Toptygin, 2013
5
A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth ...
Consider, for instance, light polarized rectilinearly and passed through a “ quarterwave lamina” (namely, a crystal lamina cut with the optical axis in its plane and yielding a p / 2 phase shift between the ordinary and extraordinary rays) whose ...
Olivier Darrigol, 2012
6
Physics for Chemists
So, experiencing no external effect, the free body must move rectilinearly and uniformly. Such a motion cannot be achieved in any reference system but only in the so-called inertial one. A reference system is referred to as inertial if the free ...
Ruslan P. Ozerov, Anatoli A. Vorobyev, 2007
7
Method and Appraisal in the Physical Sciences: The Critical ...
Light was basically rectilinearly propagated, and any deviation from a rectilinear path had to be explained as an exception to the general rule. Thus, for example, when Young needed two ' portions ' of light whose interference would explain ...
Colin Howson, 1976
8
The Steiner Tree Problem
3.2 Rectilinearly Convex Boundaries In Chapter 1 rectilinearly convex boundaries were discussed, together with related definitions. In particular, Rconv (N) is the rectilinear convex hull of the terminal set. Recall that it is assumed, after some ...
F.K. Hwang, D.S. Richards, P. Winter, 1992
9
Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy: Philosophy Between 500 ...
It was also usual to inquire whether an infinite body could move rectilinearly. Buridan denied that it could, because many infinite places would have to exist as the body moved into and out of them successively. Moreover, all bodies moving ...
Henrik Lagerlund
10
Basic Electromagnetism and Materials
Effect of a half wave strip on a rectilinearly polarized wave ( 0). For the incident rectilinearly polarized wave, we can take (at z = 0): jt 0 E cos e jt 0 E G Esin e 0 x j (tke) 0 E cos e E sin e The emergent wave is such that (with z = e) : y j(tke) 0 E G 0 ...
André Moliton, 2007

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECTILINEARLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rectilinearly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
MH17 'shot down by Ukrainian SAM', claims Almaz-Antey
As the Boeing 777 was moving rectilinearly, the horizontal perspective of the missile's flight profile is close to a straight line. This point makes it possible to define ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jun 15»
2
Why robots are getting cuter
An animator on her team had the insight that human movement happens in arcs, whereas robots traditionally move rectilinearly, so they constructed Jibo out of ... «The Verge, Aug 14»
3
Abstract Mainstays, Dark Mixed Media
There's an absolutely solid floor under his big, viscous, painted-with-a-wide-brush, striped and rectilinearly tiled abstractions. On the other hand, a fairly firm ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 13»
4
'Drawing a secure cryptographic code can be done in principle'
Alice sends a random series of these four kinds of photons, and Bob chooses randomly, and independently of Alice, whether to measure them rectilinearly or ... «The Hindu, Aug 13»
5
Lecture for Chicago
So their usual tension with the rectilinearly of the canvas is doubled, perhaps intensifying their forcefulness. But what I want to introduce here is the connection I ... «Brooklyn Rail, Oct 12»
6
HS2: unaffordable, unecological and unwanted
In most of Europe, land tends to be divided rectilinearly. In these islands, boundaries follow natural features, skirting ancient copses, undulating with brooks. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 12»
7
The “Hegel renaissance” and other questions: Part 2
(335) The nature of matter is to move elliptically, as suggested by Kepler, and not rectilinearly. Most interesting about the view of matter that emerges is its ... «World Socialist Web Site, Nov 09»

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