straightedge
Webster Dictionary
a board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines
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rectilinear
Webster Dictionary
straight..consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course
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straight
Webster Dictionary
making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot
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straight
Webster Dictionary
in a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark
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recti-
Webster Dictionary
a combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved
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rule
Webster Dictionary
a straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler
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straight
Webster Dictionary
approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve
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axis
Webster Dictionary
a straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center
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straight
Webster Dictionary
composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush
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straight
Webster Dictionary
right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber
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virgate
Webster Dictionary
having the form of a straight rod; wand-shaped; straight and slender
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straighten
Webster Dictionary
to make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form
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direct
(ɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; not oblique:
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sinusoidal projection
(ˈsaɪ nəˌsɔɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an equal-area projection with straight parallels spaced at regular intervals and curved meridians symmetrical to a straight central meridian that is half as long as the equator.
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conoid
Webster Dictionary
a surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane
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mixtilinear
Webster Dictionary
containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve
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rule
(rule, ruler)
Princeton's WordNet
measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
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ruler
(rule, ruler)
Princeton's WordNet
measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
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forthright
Webster Dictionary
straight..orward; in a straight direction
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linkage
Webster Dictionary
a system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane
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enfilade
Webster Dictionary
a line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line
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radius vector
Webster Dictionary
a straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n
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helicoid
Webster Dictionary
a warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it
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plane
Webster Dictionary
a surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature
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amend
(rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend)
Princeton's WordNet
set straight or right
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remedy
(rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend)
Princeton's WordNet
set straight or right
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remediate
(rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend)
Princeton's WordNet
set straight or right
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rectify
(rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend)
Princeton's WordNet
set straight or right
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repair
(rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend)
Princeton's WordNet
set straight or right
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straight-lined
Webster Dictionary
having straight lines
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