OBLIQUE
\əblˈiːk], \əblˈiːk], \ə_b_l_ˈiː_k]\
Definitions of OBLIQUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"
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any grammatical case other than the nominative
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a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
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Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
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Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
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An oblique line.
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To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
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To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; - formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
By Oddity Software
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Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
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Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
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Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
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An oblique line.
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To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
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To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; - formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
By Noah Webster.
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Not horizontal nor perpendicular; not upright nor level; slanting; not direct or straight forward.
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Obliqueness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Slanting, deviating from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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Slanting: not perpendicular: not parallel: not straightforward: obscure: (geom.) not a right angle: (gram.) denoting any case except the nominative.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Slanting; neither perpendicular nor parallel; indirect; sinister.
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To move forward to the right or left, by stepping sideways. An oblique angle, an angle greater or less than a right angle. An oblique plane, a plane that declines from the zenith. An oblique projection, where a body is projected in a line, making an oblique angle with the horizontal line. An oblique sphere, that in which the axis of the earth is inclined to the horizon of the place. An oblique case, any case except the nominative.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Deviating from a right line; not parallel; aslant; not direct; by a side glance; not an angle of 90 degrees; sinister; applied to any case of a noun not the nominative.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Placed obliquely ; certain muscles ; asymmetrical.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Any thing inclined, or which deviates from the vertical line. Anatomists have given this name to certain muscles, which have an oblique direction as regards the plane that divides the body into two equal and symmetrical halves. These are:-
By Robley Dunglison
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