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a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
the shortest distance between two points is a straight line
How To Use straight line In A Sentence
- There is a straight line under the sentence.
- The head of the humerus is articulated with its (glenoid?) cavity, by means of a small ligament, and it consists of a rounded epiphysis composed of spongy cartilage, the humerus itself is bent outward and forward, and it is articulated with its (glenoid?) cavity by its side, and not in a straight line. Instruments Of Reduction
- The beam carried on in a straight line, and hit the point where the bullseye ought to have been.
- The E-3A Sentry aircraft, better known as AWACS, and the smaller, lesser-known TR-1, flew their missions in boring circles or straight lines far behind the fighting front. Red Storm Rising
- From being tagged a failure, a boy who could not even produce a straight line on paper or understand decimals, I trusted in words, and I wrote my first poems.
- The heart appears to be the most primitive of all adult vertebrates, with the auricle, ventricle and conus arteriosus arranged in straight line, rather than being doubled over one another.
- These tests involve ordering the driver to walk in a straight line, touch their nose or walk round traffic cones or bollards.
- I may not be the greatest rider of all time, but I do try to make a point of not falling off when going in a straight line over level ground.
- With 35 horses galloping in a straight line over nine furlongs this famous cavalry charge is a thrilling race, made even more exciting by the hope of backing the winner.
- The results show that the distribution of the velocity of shallow flow along the downslope show as waves, but the straight line.