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Bisector :: Bisector (n.) One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle..

Radiant :: Radiant (n.) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve..

Curve :: Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it..

Rectitude :: Rectitude (n.) Straightness.

Straight :: Straight (adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark..

Straightly :: Straightly (adv.) In a right line; not crookedly.

Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..

Downright :: Downright (adv.) Straight down; perpendicularly.

Subcutaneous :: Subcultrated (a.) Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other..

Straight :: Straight (superl.) 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..

Ordinate :: Ordinate (n.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured..

Directness :: Directness (n.) The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

Straightly :: Straight-lined (a.) Having straight lines.

Inertia :: Inertia (n.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae..

Straight :: Straight (superl.) 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..

Honesty :: Honesty (a.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile..

Reach :: Reach (n.) An extended portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm of the sea extending up into the land..

Axis :: Axis (n.) A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged..

Perpendicle :: Perpendicle (n.) Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.

Homaloidal :: Homaloidal (a.) Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true..

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