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straight-line definition

straight·-line (-līn′)

adjective

  1. composed of straight lines
  2. Finance designating or of a method of allocating costs to given time periods at a fixed rate straight-line depreciation
  3. 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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