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straight_line
has definitions from the fields of mathematics,geometry
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[ noun ] (mathematics,geometry) a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
Examples "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line" Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)The straight_line would symbolize its uniqueness , the circle its universality . Not a circle , then , nor a straight_line , but a spiral represents the shape of death as Irenaeus sees it ; for a spiral has motion as_well_as recurrence . (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)Indeed , the spiral **f , with the two endpoints connected by a straight_line possesses only one inscribed square . The square has one corner point on the straight_line segment , and does not lie entirely in the interior . The roots of this equation are just the ordinates of the intersections of the graph of b with a straight_line of unit slope through **f in the b-plane ( the plane of the graph of b ) . |
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