Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - oblique
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. Phrases and idioms oblique oration (or speech) = reported speech (see REPORT). oblique sphere see SPHERE. Derivatives obliquely adv. obliqueness n. obliquity n. Etymology: ME f. F f. L obliquus
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English oblike, from Latin obliquus Date: 15th century 1. neither perpendicular nor parallel ; inclined, having the axis not perpendicular to the base , having no right angle , 2. not straightforward ; indirect, devious, underhanded, situated ~ly and having one end not inserted on bone , taken from an airplane with the camera directed horizontally or diagonally downward , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: circa 1608 something (as a line) that is ~, any of several ~ muscles, III. adverb Date: 1687 at a 45 degree angle ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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