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Their curves contrast with the angularity of most spaces and depart from the conventional rectilinear profile of sofas.

The pattern’s strict rectilinear geometry creates a stark contrast with organic facial features, vivifying the otherworldly human form.

Scholl explains that At Attin features a rectilinear grid plan city center, wrapped by suburbia in a more circular pattern that “is recognizable from space.”

The stable but slightly horizontal rectilinear shape hints at landscape while helping to focus the eye.

The brightly lighted curve visually erased the sharp, angled edge that made any rectilinear painting into a figure standing against the wall’s ground.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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