straight-line (strātlīn)
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Tweet adj. 1. Lying in a straight line. 2. Relating to a device whose linkage produces or copies motion in straight lines. 3. Meteorology Relating to or being a powerful and often destructive wind that moves in a straight rather than circular path as the leading edge of a thunderstorm or as the result of a downburst. 4. Accounting Of or being a mode of amortization by equal payments at stated intervals over a given period of time. |
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