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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as straight lines" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are comparing or describing something that is linear or direct in nature.
Example: "The paths of the two objects moved as straight lines towards each other, indicating a direct approach."
Alternatives: "in a linear fashion" or "like straight paths".
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They can be approximated as straight lines, simplifying the method.
The Mercator projection solved an age-old problem of navigators, enabling them to plot bearings as straight lines.
The simplest Pareto distributions plot as straight lines on doubly logarithmic graphs, which is why such graphs are called Pareto graphs.
The unloading and reloading paths have been derived from the crack closing and opening mechanism and were represented as straight lines in the model.
Most of the world's subway maps are essentially diagrams: they depict subway routes as straight lines with right-angle turns, rather than curving channels tunneled through bedrock.
In this representation true exponentials should display as straight lines: the straight line is drawn to guide the eye, and corresponds to an exponential with λ = 80 μm.
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Utility lines in GIS are typically modeled as straight line segments that connect two end points.
In this study, utility lines were modeled as straight line segments that connect two end points.
Basin length is defined as straight line distance from a basin mouth to the outlet point (Horton 1932).
Furthermore, Fig. 12 shows fracture relative permeability curve is considered as straight line because of its high mobility.
The trajectory of a horizontal well in three-dimensional (3D) space can be mapped as straight line connecting two points in 3D space as shown in Fig. 4.
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