Straight Line - Law Dictionary Search Results
Distance
Distance. For any statute passed after 1st January, 1890, distance is to be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 34.
Parabola
curve any point of which is equally distant from a fixed point called the focus and a fixed straight line called the directrix See Focus
nonlinear
Not depictable graphically as a straight line not changing by a constant amount for each unit of time distance or other independent variable Opposite of
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Indirectly
In an direct manner not in a straight line or course not in express terms obliquely not by direct means hence unfairly wrongly
Cissoid
the higher geometry viz to trisect a plane angle and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines … higher geometry viz to trisect a plane angle and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines
Divergence
from a common center the state of being divergent as an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines … a common center the state of being divergent as an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines
Directly
In a direct manner in a straight line or course
Devious
Out of a straight line winding varying from directness as a devious path or way
Cycloid
curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line keeping always in the same plane
Cone
More generally any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a
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