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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see Ob-) +
     liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr. le`chrios
     slanting.] [Written also oblike.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at
        right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It has a direction oblique to that of the former
              motion.                               --Cheyne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,
        disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The love we bear our friends . . .
              Hath in it certain oblique ends.      --Drayton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This mode of oblique research, when a more direct
              one is denied, we find to be the only one in our
              power.                                --De Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye.
              That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.
                                                    --Wordworth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father
        and son; collateral.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His natural affection in a direct line was strong,
              in an oblique but weak.               --Baker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
  
     Oblique muscle (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction
        oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the
        associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles
        of the eyeball.
  
     Oblique narration. See Oblique speech.
  
     Oblique planes (Dialing), planes which decline from the
        zenith, or incline toward the horizon.
  
     Oblique sailing (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she
        sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,
        making an oblique angle with the meridian.
  
     Oblique speech (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,
        or in a different person from that employed by the
        original speaker.
  
     Oblique sphere (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or
        terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon
        of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point
        on the earth except the poles and the equator.
  
     Oblique step (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the
        soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the
        right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now
        practiced. --Wilhelm.
  
     Oblique system of co["o]rdinates (Anal. Geom.), a system in
        which the co["o]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Oblique \Ob*lique"\, n. (Geom.)
     An oblique line.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Projecting his person towards it in a line which
              obliqued from the bottom of his spine. --Sir. W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

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" rel="nofollow">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) 2.0 : [ 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: indirect in 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]
       n 1: any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn: oblique
            case] [ant: nominative]
       2: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the
          torso [syn: external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus
          externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  oblique
     Γαλλικά a.
     λοξός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  oblique
     French a.
     (l en oblique)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr obliquer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it obliquo)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  oblique
     a.
     1 Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles
  from, the base.
     2 Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
     3 disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
     4 Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son;
  collateral.
     5 (lb en botany of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical,
  with one side lower than the other.
     6 (lb en botany of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is
  neither vertical nor horizontal.
     7 (lb en grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
     8 (lb en grammar of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the
  actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the
  first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and
  adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
     9 (lb en music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in
  which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or
  descends.
     n.
     1 (lb en geometry) An oblique line.
     2 (label en typography) (synonym of en slash nodot=1) ⟨/⟩.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to
  become askew;
     2 (lb en military) 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.
     3 (lb en transitive computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  oblique
     French a.
     (l en oblique)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr obliquer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it obliquo)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  oblique
     French a.
     (l en oblique)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr obliquer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it obliquo)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  oblique
     Ranska a.
     kalteva, viisto, vino

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  oblique
     Franska a.
     (tagg geometri språk=fr) skev, trubbig, ej rätvinkling (om
  trianglar)

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  oblique /oˈbliːk/ /oˈbliːkvə/ 
  oblique
  einen Kasus betreffend oder in einem Kasus stehend, der nicht als Subjekt verwendet wird

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  oblique /əblˈiːk/
  skeef

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Oblique /əblˈiːk/
  مائل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  oblique //oʊˈbliːk// //ɑːbˈlaik// //əˈbliːk// 
  1. непряк
  not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral
  2. кос, наклонен
  not erect or perpendicular
  3. заобиколен, непряк
  not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister