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rectilinear

The origin and history of rectilinear.

Etymology

Comes from post-Classical Latin: either from rectilīneāris, or from rectilīneus (from which rectiline descends) plus -ar; in both cases it ultimately derives from rectus (“straight”) and līnea (“line”).

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