rectilineal

English

Etymology

From recti- +‎ lineal.

Adjective

rectilineal (comparative more rectilineal, superlative most rectilineal)

1. Alternative form of rectilinear

Derived terms

• near-rectilineal
• near-rectilineal halo orbit (NRHO)
• near-rectilineal orbit (NRO)
• rectilineality
• rectilineally
• rectilineal orbit

 

Translations

rectilinear — see rectilinear

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “rectilineal”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.