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rectilinear

[rek-tl-in-ee-er] / ˌrɛk tlˈɪn i ər /




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The lack of recognition, Feldman argues, reverberates through Caland’s heavily impastoed portraits of Moses and her enigmatic late abstractions such as the rectilinear paintings in the “Silent Letter Series.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Lowry’s rectilinear buildings suggest immobility beyond time, and urban orderliness without elegance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

In this crawl, called rectilinear locomotion, “the skeleton is basically sliding inside of the skin,” says Jayne.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024

Inside Notre-Dame it is still a futuristic film décor - a towering mass of rectilinear metal scaffolding set against the curves and arches of the ancient Gothic stone.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023

The guest house repeated the clean, rectilinear lines of the main house.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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