Rectilinear vs Deconstructivism - What's the difference?
rectilinear | deconstructivism |
In a straight line.
(geometry, arts) Formed from straight lines.
(architecture) A development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate.
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As an adjective rectilinear
is in a straight line.As a noun deconstructivism is
(architecture) a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate.rectilinear
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The crankshaft and connecting rods of an engine convert the rectilinear motion of the pistons to rotary motion of the flywheel.
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* *deconstructivism
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(-) (wikipedia deconstructivism)citation