rectilineous

English

Adjective

rectilineous (comparative more rectilineous, superlative most rectilineous)

  1. Obsolete form of rectilinear.
    • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
      there are only three rectilineous and ordinate figures , which can serve to this purpose ; and inordinate , or unlike ones , must have been not only less elegant and beautiful , but unequal

References
  • rectilineous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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