Sentence examples for a straight definition from inspiring English sources

And a question mark at the end of the clue might indicate that the setter has combined a straight definition with a more allusive one, but I wouldn't count on it.

The points A, (BB') and C then lie in a "straight line" (definition).

More inventive clue writers quickly spotted that it's one of those terms for which a promising approach is via what these little pests actually do, rather than a straight biological definition.

His Theorem 3 proved that the line joining two distinct points is unique (its existence having been tacitly assumed to be a consequence of the definition of a straight line).

I do not feel like the average white person, whatever that means, nor do I fit the standard definition of a straight male.

Ahead, Leterrier, the very definition of a straight shooter, discusses the "tough experience" of filming "Clash of the Titans," why he won't bet against Will Smith and how he first wanted to cast Ruffalo in "The Incredible Hulk," but wound up with Edward Norton in the lead role as Dr. Bruce Banner instead.

But the Obama campaign chose, once again, to run its plays from the Kerry playbook, in this case waiting for Palin to define herself in whatever way she wanted in front of an enormous television audience, just as they had allowed McCain to run unopposed in his self-definition as a "straight talker" and a "maverick".

Definition 1. Extract a straight line f d in a given direction d, which consists of K pixels.

The first four Books of Euclid's Elements are about straight lines and circles, but it is well known that the concept of a straight line receives only a most unsatisfactory definition.

In clues with containers, the definition gives you, as ever, a straight description of the word or phrase.

It will argue that, with Ms Cooper and Mr Burnham lacking clear definition, the contest is now a straight fight between Ms Kendall and Mr Corbyn.