Straightness

Definition: Straightness

Straightness

Noun

1. Of hair: lack of a tendency to curl.

2. Freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles.

3. Trueness of course toward a goal: "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim".

4. Having honest intentions; "he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants".

5. A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "straightness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Straightness

Straightness

Straightness, rectilinearity, directness; inflexibility; (stiffness); straight line, right line, direct line; short cut.

Crosswords: Straightness

Expression using "straightness": deviation from straightness. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏صراحة (candidness, candor, candour, directness, frankness, roundness, square, straightforwardness), ‏إستقامة (bluntness, consistency, honesty, integrity, justice, probity, propriety, rectitude, righteousness, sanity, squareness, straightforwardness, virtue), ‏إستواء (equability, equality, equalization). (various references)

Bulgarian 

честност (fair dealing, fairness, faith, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, loyalty, probity, rectitude, sportsmanship, straightforwardness, truth), прямота (bluntness, candidness, candor, candour, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, sincerity, straightforwardness), правост. (various references)

Chinese 

平直度. (various references)

Czech

pořádek (arrangement, order, rule, tidiness), přímost (directness, straightforwardness). (various references)

Danish

stammens retvoksethed (straightness of stem), spaendingen frembringer et belastningsniveau i returledningen og holder den udstrakt under borearbejdet (tension controls the stress level in the riser pipe and affects the riser straightness during drilling operations), tolerance paa rethed (straightness tolerance), normal retning af halvrundstaal og fladhalvrundstaal (normal straightening of half rounds and flay rounds straightening bar to normal commercial limitsf/ straightness by reeling, spinning or by other mechanical means), langskantens rethed (straightness of the edge), den tilladelige afvigelse fra rethed er 0,25 % af laengden for normalt lige universalstaal, og 0,l25 % for sarelig ret universalstaal (the permissible straightness tolerance is 0.25 % of the length for universal plates with standard straightening and 0.125 % of the length for universal plates with special straightening), de tilladelige afvigelser for rethed og for vridning er formtolerancer (straightness tolerances and twist tolerances are shape tolerances), afvigelse i rethed af stave (deviation from straightness of bars), afvigelse fra rethed (camber, deviation from straightness, edge camber). (various references)

Dutch

trekkracht regelt het spanningsniveau in de stijgbuis en is van invloed op de rechtheid van de stijgbuis tijdens het boren (tension controls the stress level in the riser pipe and affects the riser straightness during drilling operations), tolerantie op de rechtheid (straightness tolerance), rechtheid van de stam (straightness of stem), rechtheid van de kant (straightness of the edge), rechtheid (camber, deviation from straightness, edge camber), qebruikelijke wijze van richten van halfrondstaal en halfrondplatstaal (normal straightening of half rounds and flay rounds straightening bar to normal commercial limitsf/ straightness by reeling, spinning or by other mechanical means), de toelaatbare afwijking van de rechtheid bedraagt 0,25 % van L, voor strippen bij normaal rechte uitvoering, 0,125 % van L, voor strippen bij extra rechte uitvoering (the permissible straightness tolerance is 0.25 % of the length for universal plates with standard straightening and 0.125 % of the length for universal plates with special straightening), de afwijkingen van de rechtlijnigheid en de toegestane draaiing zijn toleranties op de vorm (straightness tolerances and twist tolerances are shape tolerances), afwijking van de rechtheid van stroken (deviation from straightness of bars), afwijking van de rechtheid (camber, deviation from straightness, edge camber). (various references)

Finnish

suoruus (directness, frankness). (various references)

French

rectitude (straightforwardness), régularité (steadiness), franchise (straightforwardness), égalité. (various references)

German

Geradheit (candidness, directness, erectness, frankness, rectitude, uprightness). (various references)

Greek 

ευθύτητα (candor, candour, fairness, frankness, probity, squareness, straightforwardness, uprightness). (various references)

Hebrew 

יושר (equity, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, straight, virtue), ישרות (directly, honesty, integrity, straight), צ�"ק (fairness, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, right, righteousness, rightness). (various references)

Hungarian

egyenesség (directness, frankness, rectitude, sincerity, squareness, straight, straightforwardness, uprightness). (various references)

Italian

scarto di rettilineit� delle barre (deviation from straightness of bars), tolleranza di centinatura (straightness tolerance), rettilineit� laterale (straightness of the edge), raddrizzatura normale dei semitondi e dei semitondi appiattiti (normal straightening of half rounds and flay rounds straightening bar to normal commercial limitsf/ straightness by reeling, spinning or by other mechanical means), le tolleranze di rettilineit� e le tolleranze di svergolamento sono tolleranze sulla forma (straightness tolerances and twist tolerances are shape tolerances), la tolleranza ammissibile di centinatura e' 0,25 % di L per i larghi piatti con raddrizzatura normale : e' 0,125 % di L, per i larghi piatti con raddrizzatura speciale (the permissible straightness tolerance is 0.25 % of the length for universal plates with standard straightening and 0.125 % of the length for universal plates with special straightening), la tensione serve a controllare il grado di sollecitazione cui è sottoposto il tubo riser e influenza la rigidit� del riser durante le operazioni di perforazione (tension controls the stress level in the riser pipe and affects the riser straightness during drilling operations), dirittezza di un fusto (straightness of stem), centinatura (bending, camber, deviation from straightness, edge camber). (various references)

Manx

ynrickys (correctness, directness, downrightness, faith, faithfulness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, integration, probity, sincerity, straightforwardness, trustiness, truth, truthfulness), jeerys (justice, right, rigidity), jeerid (alignment, candour, directness, faithfulness, frankness, honesty, ingeniousness, sincerity, strictness), jeeraght. (various references)

Pig Latin

aightnessstray

Portuguese

tolerância de curvatura (straightness tolerance), rectilinidade lateral (straightness of the edge), rectidão do tronco (straightness of stem), desvio de rectilinidade das barras (deviation from straightness of bars), desempeno normal das meias-canas e barras de cantos arredondados (normal straightening of half rounds and flay rounds straightening bar to normal commercial limitsf/ straightness by reeling, spinning or by other mechanical means), curvatura (bent, buckle, camber, crook, curvature, flexure, hog, wind), as tolerâncias de rectilinidade e as tolerâncias de torção são tolerâncias de forma (straightness tolerances and twist tolerances are shape tolerances), a tolerância admissível de curvatura é de 0,25% do comprimento para as chapas grossas em formatos com desempeno corrente e de 0,125% do comprimento,para as chapas grossas com desempeno especial (the permissible straightness tolerance is 0.25 % of the length for universal plates with standard straightening and 0.125 % of the length for universal plates with special straightening). (various references)

Russian 

прямизна. (various references)

Spanish

rectitud (fairness, honesty, integrity, rectitude, rightness). (various references)

Swedish

rakhetstolerans (straightness tolerance), kantrakhet (straightness of the edge), avvikelse från rakhet (camber, deviation from straightness, edge camber). (various references)

Turkish

doğruluk (accuracy, authenticity, candor, candour, correctitude, correctness, directness, evenness, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, preciseness, precision, prig, probity, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, trueness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, validity, veracity, Verity), düz olma, dürüstlük (conscientiousness, correctitude, correctness, directness, erectness, evenness, fairness, faithfulness, honesty, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincereness, sincerity, squareness, straightforwardness, truth, uprightness, veracity), açık sözlülük (bluntness, candor, candour, expansiveness, frankness, freedom, ingenuousness, openness, outspokennes, roundness). (various references)

Ukrainian

рівність (egality, equability, equality, evenness, flatness, owelty, par, parity), чесність (fair dealing, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, sincerity, straightforwardness, uprightness), безперервність (continuity), прямизна. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự chân thật. (various references)

Welsh

uniondeb (rectitude). (various references)

rectitudo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "straightness": straightnesses. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: straightens.

-2 letters: antistress, garishness, resistants, shattering, straighten, straitness, trashiness.

-3 letters: asserting, assigners, astringes, ganisters, garnishes, gnathites, grassiest, hastiness, ingathers, reassigns, resistant, restating, retasting, rightness, shearings, staginess, straights, straitens, strangest, strengths, stressing, tarnishes, tastiness, threating, tightness, trashiest.

-4 letters: angriest, anthesis, antsiest, artiness, artistes, artsiest, ashiness, assigner, assister, astringe, atheists, earthing, eastings, estating, gahnites, ganister, gantries.

+2 letters: airtightnesses, straightnesses.

+4 letters: watertightnesses.