Confusion about "no three queens are in a straight line" property for Eight Queens

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In the Wikipedia article for Eight Queen Puzzle. The last line of solutions section is stated as "Solution 10 has the additional property that no three queens are in a straight line".

But isn't that the mission to not place any queen in straight line? Why it is special for solution #10, I can see all solutions obey the statement. So what am I overlooking?

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Kevin On BEST ANSWER

A "straight line" in this context may be diagonal. Look at solution 1: The four leftmost queens are all in a straight line with slope 2/1.

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Each solution besides ten has a similar configuration.

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In contrast, any line you draw on Solution 10 will pass through the center of no more than two queens.

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chill On

A straight line in the context of grid is equal ratio between the row and column number of the corresponding points on the grid.