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obliqueness
o·blique O0011300 (ō-blēk′, ə-blēk′)adj.1. a. Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined.b. Mathematics Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular.2. Botany Having the part on one side of the midrib of a different size or shape than the part on the other side. Used of a leaf.3. Anatomy Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal: oblique muscles or ligaments.4. a. Indirect or evasive: oblique political maneuvers.b. Devious, misleading, or dishonest: gave oblique answers to the questions.5. Not direct in descent; collateral.6. Grammar Designating any noun case except the nominative or the vocative.n. An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle.adv. (ō-blīk′, ə-blīk′) At an angle of 45°.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oblīquus.]
o·blique′ly adv.o·blique′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | obliqueness - the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting anglespatial property, spatiality - any property relating to or occupying space | | 2. | obliqueness - the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectlydeviousnessindirectness - having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal |
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Related to obliqueness: sedulouslySynonyms for obliquenessnoun the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angleRelated Words- spatial property
- spatiality
noun the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectlySynonymsRelated Words |