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[ streyt-lahyn ]

/ ˈstreɪtˈlaɪn /

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adjective

Machinery.

1. noting a machine or mechanism the working parts of which act or are arranged in a straight line.
2. noting a mechanism for causing one part to move along a straight line.

Accounting. denoting uniform allocation, as in calculating the total depreciation over the life of a depreciable asset, dividing that into equal parts, and depreciating each segment at regular intervals.

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How to use straight-line in a sentence

• In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.

• Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.

• Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.

• Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.

• Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.

• She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.

• This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

• In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.

• She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.

• Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.

noun (modifier)

(of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation

of or relating to a method of depreciation whereby equal charges are made against gross profit for each year of an asset's expected life