adverb
- in a straight line; in a manner characterized by straight lines
Usage: technical; geometry
Examples
- The robot moved rectilinearly across the factory floor.
- Light travels rectilinearly through a uniform medium.
- The architect designed the building with rectilinearly arranged windows.
- Data points were plotted rectilinearly on the graph.
- The surveyor measured the property boundaries rectilinearly.
- The laser beam projected rectilinearly onto the wall.