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oblique
oblique: adj., n., & v. --adj.
1 a slanting; declining from the vertical or horizontal. b diverging from a straight line or course.
2 not going straight to the point; roundabout, indirect.
3 Geom. a (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle. b (of an angle) acute or obtuse. c (of a cone, cylinder, etc.) with an axis not perpendicular to the plane of its base.
4 Anat. neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb.
5 Bot. (of a leaf) with unequal sides.
6 Gram. denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative. --n.
1 an oblique stroke (/).
2 an oblique muscle. --v.intr. (obliques, obliqued, obliquing) esp. Mil. advance obliquely. øoblique oration (or speech) = reported speech (see REPORT ). oblique sphere see SPHERE . øøobliquely adv. obliqueness n. obliquity n. [ME f. F f. L obliquus]
Most popular pairs with oblique
oblique exercises
external oblique
lateral oblique
external obliques
oblique strategies
oblique fracture
internal obliques
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