straight line
English Thesaurus
1. a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature (noun.shape)
| hypernym | : | line, |
| definition | : | a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | perpendicular, |
| definition | : | a straight line at right angles to another line (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | asymptote, |
| definition | : | a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | tangent, |
| definition | : | a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | secant, |
| definition | : | a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | radius, |
| definition | : | a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere) (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | diameter, |
| definition | : | a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface) (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | chord, |
| definition | : | a straight line connecting two points on a curve (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | element, |
| definition | : | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | bias, diagonal, |
| definition | : | a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | diagonal, |
| definition | : | (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | vector, |
| definition | : | a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction (noun.shape) |
| antonym | : | curve, curved shape, |
| definition | : | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes (noun.shape) |
| antonym | : | curve, curved shape, |
| definition | : | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes (noun.shape) |
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