"straight line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: straight lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Geometry, Shapes Synonyms: line Translations (line with no curvature): εὐθεῖα γραμμή (eutheîa grammḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), εὐθεῖα (eutheîa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ուղիղ (uġiġ) (Armenian), recta [feminine] (Catalan), línia recta [feminine] (Catalan), 直線 (Chinese Mandarin), 直线 (zhíxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), přímka [feminine] (Czech), suora viiva (Finnish), droite [feminine] (French), ligne droite [feminine] (French), liña recta [feminine] (Galician), Gerade [feminine] [geometry, mathematics, sciences] (German), Luftlinie [feminine] [geography, natural-sciences] (German), bein lína [feminine] (Icelandic), lína [feminine] (Icelandic), streko (Ido), líne dhíreach [feminine] (Irish), linea retta [feminine] (Italian), retta [feminine] (Italian), 直線 (chokusen) (alt: ちょくせん) (Japanese), euthīa [feminine] (Latin), līnea rēcta [feminine] (Latin), garis lurus (Malay), hihi (Maori), kézdongo ídzo (Navajo), reta [feminine] (Piedmontese), linha reta [feminine] (Portuguese), linie dreaptă [feminine] (Romanian), dreaptă [feminine] (Romanian), пряма́я (prjamája) [feminine] (Russian), пряма́я ли́ния (prjamája línija) [feminine] (Russian), rittufilu (Sicilian), priamka [feminine] (Slovak), recta (Spanish), సరళరేఖ (saraḷarēkha) (Telugu), เส้นตรง (sên-dtrong) (Thai), doğru (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "line with no curvature",
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      "sense": "line with no curvature",
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