Definition for: oblique

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English

Etymology

French, from Latin obliquus ; ob (see Ob-) + liquis oblique ; confer licinus bent upward, Gr slanting.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːk

Adjective

oblique

1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

   • It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. - Cheyne.

2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

   • The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. - Drayton.
   • This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. - De Quincey.
   • Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye.
     That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. - Wordworth.

3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

   • His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. - Baker.

Noun

(Ob*lique"), ( Geom. )

1. An oblique line.
2. The punctuation sign /

Verb

(Ob*lique"), intransitive [imp. & p. p. Obliqued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Obliquing. ]

1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

   Quotations

   • Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott.

2. ( Mil. ) 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.

See also

• oblique angle
• oblique arch
• oblique ascension
• oblique bridge
• oblique case
• oblique circle
• oblique fire
• oblique flank
• oblique leaf
• oblique line
• oblique motion
• oblique muscle
• oblique narration
• oblique planes
• oblique sailing
• oblique speech
• oblique sphere
• oblique step
• oblique system of coordinates

Other Translations for "oblique"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		--- -... .-.. .. --.- ..- .
Binary		1101111 1100010 1101100 1101001 1110001 1110101 1100101
Hex		6F626C69717565
Pig Latin		obliqueway

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