adjective
definition
Lying on the same straight line.
definition
Coaxial
Examples of collinear in a Sentence
The centres of circles forming a coaxal system are collinear 2.
The collinear centres are the three sets of one external and two internal centres, and the three external centres.
It is readily seen that if the optical system be symmetrical, the origins of the co-ordinate systems collinear with the optical axis Object J Barrel shaped Cushion shaped Distorted image FIG.
In this way he established the famous theorem that the intersections of the three pairs of opposite sides of a hexagon inscribed in a conic are collinear.
Then the strong interacting particles experience additional radiation of soft or collinear partons described by means of the parton shower.
Three collinear stars ?', c and 3 Orionis constitute the "belt of Orion"; of these E, the central star, is of the ist magnitude, 3 of the 2nd, while Orionis is a fine double star, its components having magnitudes 2 and 6; there is also a faint companion of magnitude io.
The origins of these four plane co-ordinate systems may be collinear with the axis of the optical system; and the corresponding axes may be parallel.