/
ˌrɛktɪˈlɪnɪə/
adj.
- contained by, consisting of, or moving in a straight line or lines.
- Photography (of a wide-angle lens) corrected so that straight lines in the subject appear straight in the image.
Derivative
- rectilinearity n.
- rectilinearly adv.
Etymology
C17: from late L. rectilineus (from L. rectus ‘straight’ + linea ‘line’) + -ar1.