S: (n) straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature) "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
S: (n) secant (a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points)
S: (n) radius (a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere))
S: (n) diameter (a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface))
S: (n) chord (a straight line connecting two points on a curve)
S: (n) element (a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone)
S: (n) diagonal, bias (a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric)
S: (n) diagonal ((geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent)
S: (n) vector (a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction)
S: (n) vector, transmitter (any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease) "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"
S: (n) vector ((genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell)