straightness

3 definitions found

straightness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

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

straightness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  straightness
      n 1: (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl [ant: curliness,
           waviness]
      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, straightness] [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, straightness]
      5: a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of
         the opposite sex [syn: heterosexuality, heterosexualism,
         straightness]