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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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