Word Meaning 直線

ちょくせん chokusen

直線 is read as ちょくせん (chokusen) and means straight line.

Meaning

English

  1. straight line

Reading

Kana

ちょくせん

Romaji

chokusen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 曲線 Rank 2622 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

直線運動

ちょくせんうんどう

linear motion

直線的

ちょくせんてき

straightforward

直線性

ちょくせんせい

linearity

直線補間

ちょくせんほかん

linear interpolation

直線型電動機

ちょくせんけいでんどうき

linear motor

直線コース

ちょくせんこーす

straight course

一直線

いっちょくせん

straight line

数直線

すうちょくせん

number line (e.g. on a graph)

半直線

はんちょくせん

half line

直接

ちょくせつ

direct

直角

ちょっかく

right angle

直輸入

ちょくゆにゅう

direct import

Example Sentences

6

Draw a straight line.

A straight line is a trivial example of a curve.

Strictly speaking, it was not a vertical line.

Let H be the base of the perpendicular drawn from point A to the line BC.

Consider a circle of radius 2 centered at the origin. Find its points of intersection with the line y = x - 1.

If you draw a line directly, Tom's house within 100 meters just across the river. But when you actually try and go, it's about a 1 kilometre distance to the bridge, so it takes 20 minutes by foot to get there.