英语词汇“obliquities”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

oblique /ō- or ə-blēkˈ/

adjective

Slanting

Neither perpendicular nor parallel

Not at right angles

Not parallel to an axis

Not straightforward

Indirect

Underhand

Not a right angle (geometry)

Having the axis not perpendicular to the plane of the base

Skew

Asymmetrical about the midrib (botany)

Of the monoclinic system (crystallography)

noun

An oblique line, figure, muscle, etc

An oblique movement or advance, esp one about 45º from the original direction

intransitive verb

To deviate from a direct line or from the perpendicular, to slant

To advance obliquely by facing half right or left and then advancing

transitive verb

obsolete

To turn aslant

ORIGIN: L oblīquus

obliquation /ob-li-kwāˈshən/ noun (obsolete)

Obliqueness

obliqueˈly adverb

obliqueness /-blēkˈ/ or obliquity /ob-likˈwi-ti/ noun

obliquid /ob-likˈwid/ adjective (Spenser)

Oblique

obliqˈuitous adjective

oblique case noun (grammar)

Any case other than nominative and vocative

oblique fracture noun (medicine)

A fracture of a bone caused by an impact at an oblique angle

oblique motion noun (music)

Upward or downward motion of one part while another remains stationary

oblique narration or oblique speech noun

Indirect speech (see indirect)

obliquity of the ecliptic noun (astronomy)

The angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the earth's equator