#straight_line a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line" exclusion: #curved_shape supertype: #line.shape a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point subtype: #perpendicular.straight_line a straight line at right angles to another line subtype: #asymptote a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the curve" subtype: #tangent a straight line that touches but does not intersect a curve subtype: #secant a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points subtype: #radius.straight_line a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere) subtype: #diameter.straight_line a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface) subtype: #chord.straight_line a straight line connecting two points on a curve subtype: #element.straight_line a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone subtype: #element_of_a_cone a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base subtype: #element_of_a_cylinder a straight line running the length of the cylinder subtype: #bias__diagonal a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side subtype: #diagonal.straight_line (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent subtype: #vector.straight_line a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction subtype: #ray.vector (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
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