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o·blique
(ō-blēk′, ə-blēk′)adj.
1.
a. Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined.
b. Mathematics Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular.
2. Botany Having the part on one side of the midrib of a different size or shape than the part on the other side. Used of a leaf.
3. Anatomy Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal: oblique muscles or ligaments.
4.
a. Indirect or evasive: oblique political maneuvers.
b. Devious, misleading, or dishonest: gave oblique answers to the questions.
5. Not direct in descent; collateral.
6. Grammar Designating any noun case except the nominative or the vocative.
n.
An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle.
adv. (ō-blīk′, ə-blīk′)
At an angle of 45°.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oblīquus.]
o·blique′ly adv.
o·blique′ness n.
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oblique
(əˈbliːk)adj
1. at an angle; slanting; sloping
2. (Mathematics) geometry
a. (of lines, planes, etc) neither perpendicular nor parallel to one another or to another line, plane, etc
b. not related to or containing a right angle
3. indirect or evasive
4. (Grammar) grammar denoting any case of nouns, pronouns, etc, other than the nominative and vocative
5. (Biology) biology having asymmetrical sides or planes: an oblique leaf.
6. (Physical Geography) (of a map projection) constituting a type of zenithal projection in which the plane of projection is tangential to the earth's surface at some point between the equator and the poles
n
7. something oblique, esp a line
8. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) another name for solidus1
9. (Navigation) nautical the act of changing course by less than 90°
10. (Photography) an aerial photograph taken at an oblique angle
vb (intr)
11. to take or have an oblique direction
12. (Military) (of a military formation) to move forward at an angle
[C15: from Old French, from Latin oblīquus, of obscure origin]
oˈbliquely adv
oˈbliqueness n
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o•blique
(əˈblik, oʊˈblik; Mil. əˈblaɪk, oʊˈblaɪk)adj.
1. neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
2. (of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane of the base.
3. diverging from a given straight line or course.
4. not straight or direct, as a course.
5. indirectly stated or expressed.
6. indirectly or deviously aimed at or reached.
7. unethical; underhand.
8. pertaining to or denoting muscles running obliquely in the body as opposed to those running transversely or longitudinally.
9. Bot. having unequal sides, as a leaf.
10. Gram. of or pertaining to any case of inflection except the nominative or vocative.
adv. 11. Mil. at an angle of 45°.
n. 12. something that is oblique.
13. any of several oblique muscles.
[1400–50; late Middle English oblike < Latin oblīquus slanting; see ob- (second element obscure)]
o•blique′ly, adv.
o•blique′ness, n.
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oblique
Past participle: obliqued
Gerund: obliquing
| Imperative |
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oblique
Used to describe any case of nouns other than the nominative or vocative.
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| Noun | 1. | oblique - any grammatical case other than the nominative grammatical case, case - nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence accusative, accusative case, objective case - the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb dative, dative case - the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb vocative, vocative case - the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed ablative, ablative case - the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb nominative, nominative case, subject case - the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb |
| 2. |  oblique - a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso | |
| Adj. | 1. | oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "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" convergent - tending to come together from different directions inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" parallel - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows" perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other" |
| 2. | oblique - 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" indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" |
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oblique
adjective
1. indirect, implied, roundabout, backhanded, evasive, elliptical, circuitous, circumlocutory, inexplicit, periphrastic It was an oblique reference to his time in prison.
indirect open, direct, frank, straightforward, blunt, downright, candid, forthright
indirect open, direct, frank, straightforward, blunt, downright, candid, forthright
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oblique
adjective2. Not taking a direct or straight line or course:
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Translations
غَيْر مُباشِر، مُنْحَرِفمائِل
indirekteskrå
óbeinnská-, skáhallur
įstrižas
ieslīpsnetiešsslīps
oblique
[əˈbliːk]A. ADJ
1. [angle etc] → oblicuo
2. (fig) [reference] → indirecto, tangencial; [reply] → evasivo
B. N (Typ) → oblicua f
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oblique
adj
line → schief, schräg, geneigt; angle → schief; (Gram) case → abhängig; oblique stroke → Schrägstrich m
(fig) look → schief, schräg; course → schräg; method, style, reply → indirekt; hint, reference → indirekt, versteckt; warning → versteckt; criticism → verdeckt; an oblique approach to the problem → eine indirekte Art, an das Problem heranzugehen; he achieved his goal by rather oblique means → er erreichte sein Ziel auf Umwegen or (dishonestly) → auf krummen Wegen
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oblique
[əˈbliːk]1. adj (angle) → obliquo/a (fig) (allusion) → indiretto/a
2. n (Brit) (Typ) oblique (stroke) → barra
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oblique
(əˈbliːk) adjective1. sloping. He drew an oblique line from one corner of the paper to the other.
2. not straight or direct. He made an oblique reference to his work.
oˈbliquely adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ob·lique
a. oblicuo-a, diagonal.
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oblique
adj (rad, etc.) oblicuoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.