Rectilinear
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Rectilinear may refer to:
- Rectilinear grid, a tessellation of the Euclidean plane
- Rectilinear lensRectilinear lensIn photography, a rectilinear lens is a photographic lens that yields images where straight features, such as the walls of buildings, appear with straight lines, as opposed to being curved. In other words, it is a lens with little or no barrel or pincushion distortion...
, a photographic lens - Rectilinear locomotionRectilinear locomotionRectilinear locomotion is a mode of locomotion most often associated with snakes, particularly heavy-bodied species like terrestrial pythons and boas, although most snakes are capable of it...
, a form of animal locomotion - Rectilinear polygonRectilinear polygonA rectilinear polygon is a polygon all of whose edges meet at right angles. Thus the interior angle at each vertex is either 90° or 270°. Rectilinear polygons are a special case of isothetic polygons....
, a polygon whose edges meet at right angles - Rectilinear propagationRectilinear propagationRectilinear propagation is a wave property which states that waves propagate in straight lines. This property applies to both transverse and longitudinal waves. Even though a wave front may be bent the individual waves are moving in straight lines...
, a property of waves - Rectilinear Research CorporationRectilinear Research CorporationRectilinear Research Corporation was a manufacturer of quality loudspeakers. The company was formed around 1966 and its principal was Morris I. Wiener of Plandome Manor, New York ....
, a now defunct manufacturer of high-end loudspeakers - Rectilinear style, the third historical division of English Gothic architecture