ortholinear

adjective5

1. •
   Of a keyboard, having keys that are aligned in a perfect grid.
2. •
   Defining progress as one-dimensional, so that change is either a progression, a regression, or a neutral step to the side.

   • Besides, the facts not only do not require, they do not warrant, the Hegelian hypothesis of an ortholinear progressive development in the whole history of humanity. — 1906
3. •
   Moving in one direction, in which each step leads to the next.

   • A precise chronological structure and a rigorous spatial order form the foundation of the text's ortholinear narration. — 1994
4. •
   Having all turns occurring at right angles.

   • In the human fetus as well as in the eye of the infant a delicate ortholinear central canal was similarly in evidence; however, the canal could not be demonstrated in the eye of adult humans. — 1967
5. •
   Forming a line when plotted on a set of orthogonal axes.

   • As is known in seismology , the magnitude frequency relation of earthquakes is ortholinear on a bilogarithmical scale and is characterized by the angle coefficient y. — 1967