Straightness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Straightness \Straight"ness\, n.
     The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the
     straightness of a path.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Straightness \Straight"ness\, n.
     A variant of {Straitness}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  straightness
       n 1: of hair: lack of a tendency to curl [ant: {curliness}]
       2: freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles [ant: {crookedness}]
       3: trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in
          directness of aim" [syn: {directness}] [ant: {indirectness}]
       4: having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt
          was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"
          [syn: {good faith}]
       5: a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of
          the opposite sex [syn: {heterosexuality}, {heterosexualism}]