释义 |
rectiˈlinearly, adv. [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In a straight line, or straight lines.
1801Young in Phil. Trans. XCII. 24 It is easy to show that such a general undulation would in all cases proceed rectilinearly. 1874W. Froude in Encycl. Brit. (1886) XXI. 811/2 The particles..are capable of gliding rectilinearly along a perfectly smooth surface. |