- obliqueness
- noun see oblique I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
obliqueness
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Obliqueness — Ob*lique ness, n. Quality or state of being oblique. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obliqueness — index indirection (deceitfulness), indirection (indirect action) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
obliqueness — oblique ► ADJECTIVE 1) neither parallel nor at right angles; slanting. 2) not explicit or direct. 3) Geometry (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle. ► NOUN Brit. another term for SLASH(Cf. ↑slasher) (in sense… … English terms dictionary
obliqueness — See obliquely. * * * … Universalium
obliqueness — noun The characteristic of being oblique … Wiktionary
obliqueness — ob lique·ness || É™ blɪknɪs n. quality of being oblique; incline, gradient; indirectness … English contemporary dictionary
obliqueness — oblique·ness … English syllables
obliqueness — See: oblique … English dictionary
obliqueness — noun 1. the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle • Derivationally related forms: ↑oblique • Hypernyms: ↑spatial property, ↑spatiality 2. the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
oblique — obliqueness, n. /euh bleek , oh bleek /; Mil. /euh bluyk , oh bluyk /, adj., adv., v., obliqued, obliquing, n. adj. 1. neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping. 2. (of a solid) not having the axis… … Universalium
