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straight-line

The definition of straight-line is something with lines that do not wave or curve, or a way to spread costs across a period of time all at the same rate.

(adjective)

An example of straight-line design is art work made up of lines that do not bend or wave.
An example of straight-line depreciation is assuming the same amount of depreciation each month.

See straight-line in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

composed of straight lines
Finance designating or of a method of allocating costs to given time periods at a fixed rate: straight-line depreciation
Mech.
1. designating or of a device, mechanism, etc. whose main parts are positioned or move in a straight line
2. designating a device designed to transmit or cause motion in a straight line

See straight-line in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Lying in a straight line.
Relating to a device whose linkage produces or copies motion in straight lines.
Accounting Of or being a mode of amortization by equal payments at stated intervals over a given period of time.

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