straight line

English

Noun

straight line (plural straight lines)

1. (geometry) A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points. ^syn.

Synonyms

• (straight line ^def.): line

Translations

a line with no curvature

Armenian: ուղիղ (hy) (uġiġ) Catalan: recta (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 直線 (cmn), 直线 (cmn) (zhíxiàn) Finnish: suora viiva (fi) French: droite f., ligne droite f. German: Gerade (de) f.

Icelandic: bein lína (is) f., lína (is) f. Italian: retta f., linea retta f. Japanese: 直線 (ちょくせん, chokusen) Russian: прямая (ru) (prjamája) f., прямая линия (ru) (prjamája línija) f.