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Obliquity

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Noun

1. asynclitism, obliquity

the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle

2. deceptiveness, obliquity

the quality of being deceptive

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obliquity

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noun plural -ties
1. 
the state or condition of being oblique
2. 
a deviation from the perpendicular or horizontal
3. 
a moral or mental deviation
4. Also called: obliquity of the ecliptic astronomy
the angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the celestial equator, equal to approximately 23° 27′ at present

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Obliquity

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nounWord forms: plural obˈliquities
1. 
the state or quality of being oblique
2. 
an oblique statement, action, etc.
3. 
a turning aside from moral conduct or sound thinking
4.  Astronomy
the angle between the planes of a planet's equator and its orbit about the sun: for the earth (obliquity of the ecliptic) it is currently c. 23° 26.5′ and will decrease at the rate of 0.47″ a year for c. 1,500 years, at which time it will begin to increase again
5.  Ancient Mathematics
a. 
deviation of a line or plane from the perpendicular or parallel
b. 
the degree of this

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obliquity

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n. pl. o·bliq·ui·ties
1.
a. The quality or condition of being oblique, especially in deviating from a vertical or horizontal line, plane, position, or direction.
b. The angle or extent of such a deviation.
2.
a. Deviation from moral or proper conduct or thought: "Eleanor did not believe that early rising could possibly be compatible with moral obliquity" (Elizabeth Bowen).
b. An instance of this.
3. Indirection in conduct or verbal expression; lack of straightforwardness: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral" (Anatole Broyard).

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