obliquer
comparative form of oblique
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*lique", a. Etym: [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see Ob-) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [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.
– 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 25º. It is not now practiced. Wilhelm.
– Oblique system of coördinates (Anal. Geom.), a system in which the coördinate axes are oblique to each other.
Ob*lique", n. (Geom.)
Definition: An oblique line.
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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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