ortholinear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a keyboard, having keys that are aligned in a perfect grid.
  2. Having all turns occurring at right angles.
  3. Forming a line when plotted on a set of orthogonal axes.
  4. Defining progress as one-dimensional, so that change is either a progression, a regression, or a neutral step to the side.
  5. Moving in one direction, in which each step leads to the next.

Word forms

ortholinear

Etymology

From ortho- + linear.

Related words

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.