rectilineadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛktᵻlʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈrɛktəlaɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rectilineus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rectilineus (6th cent.) < classical Latin rectus straight (see rect adj.) + līnea line n.² Compare Middle French, French rectiligne (c1377), Spanish rectilíneo (1599 as rectilinio ), Portuguese retilíneo (a1578 as rectilineo ), Italian rettilineo (1598). Compare rectilined adj., and later rectilineal adj., rectilinear adj.

Now rare.

= rectilinear adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > straightness > [adjective] > straight line > formed or bounded by straight lines

right-lined1551

rectiline1570

rectilined1570

straight-bounded1614

rectline1651

rectilinear1654

rectilineous1691

rectilineal1705

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 18^v To deuide a rectiline angle geuen, into two equall partes.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 60 The most simple of all rectiline figures.

1687 D. Abercromby Academia Scientiarum xxxi. 176 The Rectiline Trigonometry teacheth us how to measure Triangles made of streight lines.

1750 J. Robertson tr. N. L. de La Caille Elements Astron. ii. iv. 192 The rays of light are refracted from their rectiline direction.

1797 J. Andrews (title) A political, historical, astronomical, and commercial chart of Europe. To shew relatively the situation of places... With the rectiline distance in circles of 100 miles each.

1802 O. G. Gregory Treat. Astron. 234 By computing the side S L of the rectiline triangle S P L.

1849 Biblical Repository & Class. Rev. July 546 This doctrine of the eternal, rectiline, and henceforth, never-to-be-interrupted progress of our race.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 73 A theory none too rectiline of the evoluation of human society and a testament of the rocks from all the dead unto some the living.

1996 J.-M. Lefebvre in EPAC96 (European Particle Accelerator Conference) I. 68/2 A parallel x-ray beam impinging on a low-density sample will deviate from rectiline propagation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rectiline
释义	rectilineadj. Brit. /ˈrɛktᵻlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈrɛktəlaɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rectilineus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rectilineus (6th cent.) < classical Latin rectus straight (see rect adj.) + līnea line n.² Compare Middle French, French rectiligne (c1377), Spanish rectilíneo (1599 as rectilinio ), Portuguese retilíneo (a1578 as rectilineo ), Italian rettilineo (1598). Compare rectilined adj., and later rectilineal adj., rectilinear adj. Now rare. = rectilinear adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > straightness > [adjective] > straight line > formed or bounded by straight lines right-lined1551 rectiline1570 rectilined1570 straight-bounded1614 rectline1651 rectilinear1654 rectilineous1691 rectilineal1705 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 18^v To deuide a rectiline angle geuen, into two equall partes. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 60 The most simple of all rectiline figures. 1687 D. Abercromby Academia Scientiarum xxxi. 176 The Rectiline Trigonometry teacheth us how to measure Triangles made of streight lines. 1750 J. Robertson tr. N. L. de La Caille Elements Astron. ii. iv. 192 The rays of light are refracted from their rectiline direction. 1797 J. Andrews (title) A political, historical, astronomical, and commercial chart of Europe. To shew relatively the situation of places... With the rectiline distance in circles of 100 miles each. 1802 O. G. Gregory Treat. Astron. 234 By computing the side S L of the rectiline triangle S P L. 1849 Biblical Repository & Class. Rev. July 546 This doctrine of the eternal, rectiline, and henceforth, never-to-be-interrupted progress of our race. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 73 A theory none too rectiline of the evoluation of human society and a testament of the rocks from all the dead unto some the living. 1996 J.-M. Lefebvre in EPAC96 (European Particle Accelerator Conference) I. 68/2 A parallel x-ray beam impinging on a low-density sample will deviate from rectiline propagation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570
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