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oblique |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr L. obliquus ob (see {Ob-}) + liquis oblique; cf licinus bent upward, Gr ? slanting.] [Written also {oblike}.] 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. {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc See under {Angle},{Ascension}, etc {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew. {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n. {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See {Case}, n. {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane. {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm. {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.) a A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position. b A leaf having one half different from the other {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oblique \Ob*lique"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Obliqued}; p. pr & vb n. {Obliquing}.] 1. To deviate from a perpendicular line to move in an oblique direction. 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oblique \Ob*lique"\, n. (Geom.) An oblique line From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cone \Cone\, n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr ?; akin to Skr. [,c]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See {Hone}, n.] 1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a {right cone}. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex. 2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as a volcanic cone, a collection of scori[ae] around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the {Conifer[ae]}, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A shell of the genus {Conus}, having a conical form {Cone of rays} (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely. {Cone pulley}. See in the Vocabulary. {Oblique} or {Scalene cone}, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base. {Eight cone}. See {Cone}, 1. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oblique adj 1: 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" [ant: {parallel}, {perpendicular}] 2: descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: {collateral}, {indirect}] [ant: {lineal}] 3: departing from the accepted or proper way misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers" [syn: {devious}] 4: used of movement; at an angle [syn: {crabwise}, {sideways}] n : any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn: {oblique case}] [ant: {nominative}]
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