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
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 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
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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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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