ちょくせん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. straight line
It is a straight alley lined with tall buildings on both sides.
Pitch accent
ちょ
くせん
Composed of
direct; honest; frank; easygoing; lighthearted; night duty
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
distance in a straight line; distance as the crow flies
straight course; straight; stretch; straightaway
Examples (12 in total)
Draw a straight line.
This straight line is tangent to the circle.
Find the point of tangency of the circle and the line.
He drew a straight line on the wall.
I overtook the car ahead on the final straight.
This graph is a straight line through the origin.
Only one straight line passes through two points.
Rounding the final corner, it's finally the last straightaway!
In mathematics, a straight line is defined by two points.
It is a straight alley lined with tall buildings on both sides.
Even when flying normally in a straight line, it drifts to the right.
On the final straight, she surged into the lead.